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Synonyms for BOTHER
ˈbɒð ərboth·er
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Wiktionary
botherinterjection
Synonyms:
disturb, annoy, irritate, vex, put out, blast, darn, dangbotherverb
To annoy, to disturb, to irritate.
Would it bother you if I smoked?
Synonyms:
darn, dang, blast, vex, put out, irritate, disturb, annoybotherverb
To do something at one's own inconvenience.
Why do I even bother to try?
botherverb
To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
You didn't even bother to close the door.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
fuss, trouble, bother, hasslenoun
an angry disturbance
"he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"
Synonyms:
pain in the ass, problem, squabble, dither, pettifoggery, hustle, botheration, flap, bicker, tiff, difficulty, hassle, stir, flurry, dogfight, rough-and-tumble, bother, ado, infliction, tizzy, pain, bustle, pother, trouble, spat, fuss, annoyance, worry, scuffle, bickering, pain in the neck, tussleannoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the assverb
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"
Synonyms:
aggravator, annoying, painful sensation, hurting, painfulness, botheration, pain in the ass, pain sensation, chafe, hassle, infliction, bother, irritation, fuss, pain, trouble, imposition, vexation, annoyance, nuisance, pain in the necktrouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneselfverb
take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
"He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please"
Synonyms:
discommode, unhinge, get at, disorder, rile, perturb, gravel, inconvenience oneself, upset, distract, nettle, inconvenience, vex, ail, nark, disquiet, irritate, devil, chafe, cark, annoy, put out, bother, incommode, disoblige, pain, rag, trouble, disturb, trouble oneself, get toannoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devilverb
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"
Synonyms:
nark, dumbfound, get at, reproof, chide, bait, mystify, urticate, rile, fret, dun, cod, razz, crucify, stick, bedevil, reprimand, reach, amaze, lambaste, devil, get to, rub, tantalise, frustrate, annoy, chew out, beat, lambast, trounce, tease, taunt, roil, access, berate, chew up, disoblige, torment, stupefy, lecture, trouble oneself, agitate, put out, rag, discommode, inconvenience oneself, ride, bewilder, dress down, irritate, tantalize, stir up, rally, make, remonstrate, flummox, incommode, get, baffle, jaw, rebuke, worry, pose, vex, inconvenience, perplex, raise up, bother, gravel, disturb, take to task, fray, gall, puzzle, trouble, bawl out, scratch, nettle, progress to, call on the carpet, commove, twit, excoriate, have words, chafe, scold, call down, shake up, nonplustrouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, botherverb
to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
"Sorry to trouble you, but..."
Synonyms:
put under, get at, bring out, anaesthetise, irritate, hold out, douse, retire, bother, pain, rile, disquiet, gravel, ail, perturb, anaesthetize, publish, extend, get to, trouble oneself, anesthetize, stretch out, put out, nark, nettle, chafe, unhinge, incommode, cark, disoblige, trouble, discommode, disorder, stretch forth, annoy, upset, exsert, smother, inconvenience, inconvenience oneself, anesthetise, issue, vex, rag, release, disturb, distract, devilbotherverb
intrude or enter uninvited
"Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers"
Synonyms:
discommode, rile, devil, inconvenience oneself, nettle, trouble, chafe, vex, trouble oneself, irritate, inconvenience, put out, incommode, annoy, disoblige, rag, nark, get to, get at, gravelbotherverb
make nervous or agitated
"The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster"
Synonyms:
discommode, rile, devil, inconvenience oneself, nettle, trouble, chafe, vex, trouble oneself, irritate, inconvenience, put out, incommode, annoy, disoblige, rag, nark, get to, get at, gravelbotherverb
make confused or perplexed or puzzled
Synonyms:
discommode, rile, devil, inconvenience oneself, nettle, trouble, chafe, vex, trouble oneself, irritate, inconvenience, put out, incommode, annoy, disoblige, rag, nark, get to, get at, gravel
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
bothernoun
Synonyms:
petty trouble, annoyance, inconveniencebotherverb
Synonyms:
trouble, annoy, discommode, incommode, inconvenience, worry, molest
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How to use BOTHER in a sentence?
There’s so many things that desperately need our help. And money. Why would you even bother trying to save something long gone, when there’s so many things that are desperate right now?
He went to work, did his job and paid his bills. He didn’t bother anybody. So for anybody to do what they have done to him, I am seeking justice and I will not stop until I have justice for my brother.
I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words bother me.
It doesn’t really bother me.
The mission wasn't completed, if there was one person that wasn't identified, it would still bother me.
Translations for BOTHER
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- يزعج, يضايقArabic
- неприятности, безпокоя, грижи, дразня, безпокойство, досаждамBulgarian
- molestarCatalan, Valencian
- vaditCzech
- belästigenGerman
- molestar, cansón, agobiarSpanish
- tülitama, vaevuma, tüütama, vaeva nägema, nuhtlus, tülinEstonian
- häiriö, häiritä, vaiva, vaivataFinnish
- embêter, bâdrer, daigner, gêner, zut, dérangerFrench
- buair, sàraich, cuir dragh airScottish Gaelic
- הטריח את עצמו, טרחה, הפריע, טרחHebrew
- veszi a fáradságot, zaklat, zavarHungarian
- menggangguIndonesian
- vesen, vandamál, angra, mál, ergjaIcelandic
- prendersi la briga, fastidio, incomodo, problema, infastidire, disturbare, confusione, trambusto, seccatura, preoccuparsi, agitazione, disturbarsiItalian
- 邪魔Japanese
- გაღიზიანებაGeorgian
- traucētLatvian
- whakapōnānāMāori
- storen, moeite, moeite doenDutch
- irritere, plage, kluss, gidde, forstyrre, bryNorwegian
- niepokoić, naprzykrzać się, kłopotPolish
- incomodarPortuguese
- supăra, agitație, incomodare, deranj, deranja, îngrijorare, incomoda, necăjiRomanian
- беспокоитьRussian
- nadlegovátiSlovene
- shqetësim, shqetësojAlbanian
- idas, besvär, bry sig om, störaSwedish
- canını sıkmak, rahatsız etmekTurkish
- bezovta qilmoqUzbek
- 煩Chinese
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