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bother

('b/A//D//@/r )

an angry disturbance(noun.event)

Example:
A spot of bother.

Synonym:
fuss, hassle, trouble

source: wordnet30
something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness(noun.cognition)

Example:
A bit of a bother.

Synonym:
annoyance, botheration, infliction, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck

source: wordnet30
One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as, to be in a bother.(noun)

source: webster1913

take the trouble to do something; concern oneself(verb.social)

Example:
Don't bother, please.

Synonym:
inconvenience oneself, trouble, trouble oneself

source: wordnet30
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations(verb.emotion)

Example:
Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me.

Synonym:
annoy, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex

source: wordnet30
to cause inconvenience or discomfort to(verb.social)

Synonym:
discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble

source: wordnet30
intrude or enter uninvited(verb.motion)

Example:
Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers.

source: wordnet30
make nervous or agitated(verb.emotion)

Example:
The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster.

source: wordnet30
make confused or perplexed or puzzled(verb.emotion)

source: wordnet30
To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.(verb)

source: webster1913
To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.(verb)

source: webster1913

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