| VERB | social | bother, trouble oneself, trouble, inconvenience oneself | take the trouble to do something |
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| emotion | bother, annoy, rag, get to, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil | cause annoyance in | |
| social | bother, trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode | to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | |
| motion | bother | intrude or enter uninvited | |
| emotion | bother | make nervous or agitated | |
| emotion | bother | make confused or perplexed or puzzled | |
| NOUN | event | bother, fuss, trouble, hassle | an angry disturbance |
| cognition | bother, annoyance, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass | something or someone that causes trouble |
| Sounds | baa'dher | |
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| Rhymes | altogether ... zither: 43 rhymes with dher... | |
| Meaning | An angry disturbance. | |
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| Example | "a spot of bother" | |
| Synonyms | fuss, trouble, hassle | |
| Broader | perturbation, disturbance | Activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption |
| Spanish | alboroto, escándalo, lata, lío, molestia, problema | |
| Catalan | lata, nosa | |
| Verbs | bother | to cause inconvenience or discomfort to |
| Meaning | Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a bit of a bother" | |
| Synonyms | annoyance, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass | |
| Narrower | irritant, thorn | Something that causes irritation and annoyance |
| nuisance | (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers / endangers life and health or is offensive | |
| plague | An annoyance | |
| Broader | negative stimulus | A stimulus with undesirable consequences |
| Spanish | aburrimiento, fastidio, irritación, joroba, lata, macanazo, molestia, molienda, puñeta | |
| Catalan | destorb, enuig, enutjament, molèstia, nosa, tabarra | |
| Verbs | bother | cause annoyance in |
| Meaning | Take the trouble to do something; concern oneself. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | |
| Example | "Don't bother, please" | |
| Synonyms | trouble oneself, trouble, inconvenience oneself | |
| Broader | strive, reach, strain | To exert much effort or energy |
| Spanish | molestarse | |
| Meaning | To cause inconvenience or discomfort to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode | |
| Narrower | straiten, distress | Bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship |
| Broader | affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch | Have an effect upon |
| Spanish | fastidiar, molestar | |
| Catalan | amoïnar, fastidiar, molestar | |
| Nouns | bother | an angry disturbance |
| botheration | something or someone that causes trouble | |
| botheration | the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed | |
| Meaning | intrude or enter uninvited. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers" | |
| Broader | intrude, irrupt | Enter uninvited |
| Meaning | make nervous or agitated. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will bother him; The performance is likely to bother Sue | |
| Example | "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster" | |
| Broader | agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up | Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused |
| Similar to | bother | make confused or perplexed or puzzled |
| Spanish | disturbar, irritar, molestar | |
| Catalan | irritar, molestar | |
| Nouns | botheration | something or someone that causes trouble |
| botheration | the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed | |
| Meaning | make confused or perplexed or puzzled. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will bother him | |
| Broader | confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off | Cause to feel embarrassment |
| Similar to | bother | make nervous or agitated |
| Spanish | incomodar, irritar, molestar | |
| Catalan | irritar, molestar | |
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