bother

both·er  (br)

v. both·ered, both·er·ing, both·ers

v.tr.

1. To disturb or anger, especially by minor irritations; annoy. See Synonyms at annoy.

2.

a. To make agitated or nervous; fluster.

b. To make confused or perplexed; puzzle.

3. To intrude on without invitation or warrant; disturb.

4. To give trouble to: a back condition that bothers her constantly.

v.intr.

1. To take the trouble; concern oneself.

2. To cause trouble.

n.

A cause or state of disturbance.

interj.

Used to express annoyance or mild irritation.

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[Probably from dialectal bodder, possibly of Celtic origin.]

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bother

Verb

1. to take the time or trouble: don't bother to come with me

2. to give annoyance, pain, or trouble to

3. to trouble (a person) by repeatedly disturbing; pester

Noun

1. a state of worry, trouble, or confusion

2. a person or thing that causes fuss, trouble, or annoyance

3. Informal a disturbance or fight: a spot of bother

interj

Brit, Austral & NZ an exclamation of slight annoyance [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bother - an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" hassle, trouble, fuss disturbance, perturbation - activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption; "the term `distress' connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset"; "he looked around for the source of the disturbance"; "there was a disturbance of neural function"
	2.	bother - something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction" pain in the ass, pain in the neck, botheration, infliction, annoyance, pain negative stimulus - a stimulus with undesirable consequences nuisance - (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive irritant, thorn - something that causes irritation and annoyance; "he's a thorn in my flesh" plague - an annoyance; "those children are a damn plague"
Verb	1.	bother - take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please" inconvenience oneself, trouble oneself, trouble strain, strive, reach - to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear"
	2.	bother - cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" annoy, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, rile, vex, nettle, rag, get at, get to, chafe get under one's skin, get - irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me" eat into, rankle, grate, fret - gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered" chafe - feel extreme irritation or anger; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation" peeve - cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful ruffle - trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure" fret - cause annoyance in beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke - annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" antagonize, antagonise - provoke the hostility of; "Don't antagonize your boss" displease - give displeasure to
	3.	bother - to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..." discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble affect, bear upon, impact, bear on, touch on, touch - have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?" distress, straiten - bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
	4.	bother - intrude or enter uninvited; "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers" intrude, irrupt - enter uninvited; "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room"
	5.	bother - make nervous or agitated; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster" charge up, commove, agitate, rouse, excite, turn on, charge - cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" bother - make confused or perplexed or puzzled
	6.	bother - make confused or perplexed or puzzled disconcert, flurry, confuse, put off - cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" bother - make nervous or agitated; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster"

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bother

verb 1. trouble, concern, worry, upset, alarm, disturb, distress, annoy, dismay, gall, disconcert, vex, perturb, faze, put or get someone's back up

verb 2. pester, plague, irritate, put out, harass, nag, hassle (informal) inconvenience, molest, breathe down someone's neck, get on your nerves (informal) nark Brit., Austral., N.Z. (slang) bend someone's ear (informal) give someone grief Brit., S. African get on your wick Brit. (slang) << OPPOSITE help

noun 3. trouble, problem, worry, difficulty, strain, grief Brit., S. African fuss, pest, irritation, hassle (informal) nuisance, flurry, uphill S. African inconvenience, annoyance, aggravation, vexation << OPPOSITE help

Translations

bother [ˈbɔðəʳ] vt (= worry) → preocupar (= disturb); molestar, fastidiar, fregar (LAM); embromar (LAM)

vi (gen): bother o.s. → molestarse

n what a bother! → ¡qué lata! excl → ¡maldita sea!, ¡caramba!;

I'm sorry to bother you → perdona que te moleste;

to bother doing → tomarse la molestia de hacer;

please don't bother → no te molestes

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bother [ˈbɔðəʳ] vt (= worry) → tracasser (= needle, bait); importuner, ennuyer (= disturb); déranger

vi (also: bother o.s.) → se tracasser, se faire du souci

n (= trouble) → ennuis mpl;

it is a bother to have to do → c'est vraiment ennuyeux d'avoir à faire excl → zut!;

to bother doing → prendre la peine de faire;

I'm sorry to bother you → excusez-moi de vous déranger;

please don't bother → ne vous dérangez pas;

don't bother → ce n'est pas la peine;

it's no bother → aucun problème

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bother [ˈbɔðəʳ] vt → Sorgen machen +dat;

(disturb) → stören

vi (also: bother o.s.) → sich dat Sorgen or Gedanken machen

n (trouble) → Mühe f;

(nuisance) → Plage f

excl → Mist! (inf);

don't bother phoning → du brauchst nicht anzurufen;

I'm sorry to bother you → es tut mir leid, dass ich Sie belästigen muss;

I can't be bothered → ich habe keine Lust;

please don't bother → bitte machen Sie sich keine Umstände;

don't bother! → lass es!;

it is a bother to have to shave every morning → es ist wirklich lästig, sich jeden Morgen rasieren zu müssen;

it's no bother → es ist kein Problem

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bother [ˈbɔðəʳ] vt (= worry) → preoccupare (= annoy); infastidire

vi (gen) (also: bother o.s.) → preoccuparsi

n it is a bother to have to do → è una seccatura dover fare excl → uffa!, accidenti!;

to bother doing sth → darsi la pena di fare qc;

I'm sorry to bother you → mi dispiace disturbarla;

please don't bother → non si scomodi;

it's no bother → non c'è problema