BOTHER


Meaning of BOTHER in English

n. 25B6; verb

no one bothered her : DISTURB, trouble, inconvenience, pester, badger, harass, molest, plague, nag, hound, harry, annoy, upset, irritate; informal hassle, bug, get up someone's nose, get in someone's hair; N. English informal mither; N. Amer. informal ride.

the incident was too small to bother about : MIND, care, concern oneself, trouble oneself, worry oneself; informal give a damn, give a hoot.

there was something bothering him : WORRY, trouble, concern, perturb, disturb, disquiet, disconcert, unnerve; fret, upset, distress, agitate, gnaw at, weigh down; informal rattle.

25B6; noun

I don't want to put you to any bother : TROUBLE, effort, exertion, inconvenience, fuss, pains; informal hassle.

the food was such a bother to cook : NUISANCE, pest, palaver, rigmarole, job, trial, bind, bore, drag, inconvenience, trouble, problem; informal hassle, headache, pain (in the neck).

a spot of bother in the public bar : DISORDER, fighting, trouble, ado, disturbance, agitation, commotion, uproar; NZ bobsy-die; informal hoo-ha, aggro, argy-bargy, kerfuffle.

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