Thesaurus: bother

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1. v. t. To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.
2. v. i. To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
3. n. One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as, to be in a bother.
4. n. an angry disturbance
5. n. something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
6. v. take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
7. v. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
8. v. to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
9. v. intrude or enter uninvited
10. v. make nervous or agitated
11. v. make confused or perplexed or puzzled
12. To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother. Note: The imperative is sometimes used as an exclamation mildly imprecatory. To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome. Without bothering about it. H. James. One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as, to be in a bother.