Main entry: bother, botheration, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck, annoyance, infliction
Definition: something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
Usage: 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
Main entry: hassle, fuss, trouble, bother
Definition: an angry disturbance
Usage: he didn't want to make a fuss; they had labor trouble; a spot of bother
Main entry: devil, irritate, get at, get to, gravel, rag, rile, bother, chafe, annoy, nark, nettle, vex
Definition: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
Usage: Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me; It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
Main entry: bother
Definition: make confused or perplexed or puzzled
Main entry: bother
Definition: make nervous or agitated
Usage: The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster
Main entry: bother
Definition: intrude or enter uninvited
Usage: Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers
Main entry: bother, trouble, trouble oneself, inconvenience oneself
Definition: take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
Usage: He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday; Don't bother, please
Main entry: incommode, inconvenience, trouble, bother, discommode, disoblige, put out
Definition: to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
Usage: Sorry to trouble you, but...