- verbbother (verb) · bothers (third person present) · bothered (past tense) · bothered (past participle) · bothering (present participle)
- take the trouble to do something:"scientists rarely bother with such niceties" · "the driver didn't bother to ask why" · "nobody bothered locking the doors"
- (of a circumstance or event) worry, disturb, or upset (someone):"is there an issue that bothers you so much you'd campaign against it?" · "it bothered me that I hadn't done anything"
- feel concern about or interest in:"don't bother about me—I'll find my own way home" · "he wasn't to bother himself with day-to-day things"
- trouble or annoy (someone) by interrupting or causing inconvenience:"she didn't feel she could bother Mike with the problem"
nounbother (noun) · a bother (noun)- effort, worry, or difficulty:"he saved me the bother of having to come up with a speech" · "it may seem like too much bother to cook just for yourself"
- (a bother)a person or thing that causes annoyance or difficulty:"I hope she hasn't been a bother"
Originearly 18th century (originally in the sense ‘confuse with noise’): of Anglo-Irish origin; perhaps a variant of pother, or perhaps borrowed from Irish bodhar ‘deaf, confused’.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- (of a circumstance or event) worry, disturb, or upset (someone):
- trouble or annoy (someone) by interrupting or causing inconvenience:
noun- effort, worry, or difficulty:
- a person or thing that causes annoyance or difficulty:
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