ALL meanings of bother
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B b - verb bother If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy. 3
- uncountable noun bother Bother means trouble or difficulty. You can also use bother to refer to an activity which causes this, especially when you would prefer not to do it or get involved with it. 3
- uncountable noun bother You use bother to refer to serious trouble, usually when you want to make it sound less serious than it really is. 3
- verb bother If something bothers you, or if you bother about it, it worries, annoys, or upsets you. 3
- verb bother If someone bothers you, they talk to you when you want to be left alone or interrupt you when you are busy. 3
- verb bother to give annoyance, pain, or trouble to; irritate 3
- verb bother to trouble (a person) by repeatedly disturbing; pester 3
- verb bother to take the time or trouble; concern oneself 3
- verb bother to make (a person) alarmed or confused 3
- noun bother a state of worry, trouble, or confusion 3
- noun bother a person or thing that causes fuss, trouble, or annoyance 3
- noun bother a disturbance or fight; trouble (esp in the phrase a spot of bother) 3
- exclamation bother an exclamation of slight annoyance 3
- verb transitive bother to worry or trouble, esp. with petty annoyances; harass, pester, etc. 3
- verb transitive bother to bewilder or fluster 3
- verb transitive bother to cause discomfort to 3
- verb transitive bother to disturb; interrupt 3
- intransitive verb bother to take the time and trouble; concern oneself 3
- intransitive verb bother to make a fuss 3
- noun bother a cause or condition of worry or irritation; trouble; fuss 3
- noun bother a person who gives trouble 3
- interjection bother used to express slight annoyance, worry, etc. 3
- transitive verb bother annoy 1
- intransitive verb bother make an effort 1
- noun bother annoyance 1
- noun bother effort 1
- transitive verb bother perturb 1
- verb with object bother to give trouble to; annoy; pester; worry: His baby sister bothered him for candy. 1
- verb with object bother to bewilder; confuse: His inability to understand the joke bothered him. 1
- verb without object bother to take the trouble; trouble or inconvenience oneself: Don't bother to call. He has no time to bother with trifles. 1
- noun bother something troublesome, burdensome, or annoying: Doing the laundry every week can be a terrible bother. 1
- noun bother effort, work, or worry: Gardening takes more bother than it's worth. 1
- noun bother a worried or perplexed state: Don't get into such a bother about small matters. 1
- noun bother someone or something that bothers or annoys: My cousin is a perpetual bother to me. 1
- adjective bother one and the other; two together: He met both sisters. Both performances were canceled. 1
- noun bother Fuss, ado. 0
- noun bother Trouble, inconvenience. 0
- verb bother (Transitive Verb) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate. 0
- verb bother (Intransitive Verb) To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome. 0
- verb bother (Intransitive Verb) To do something which is of negligible inconvenience. 0
- interjection bother A mild expression of annoyance. 0