BOTHER


Meaning of BOTHER in English

■ verb

1》 [with negative ] take the trouble to do something: he didn't ~ to ask why.

2》 worry, disturb, or upset (someone).

↘[usu. with negative ] feel concern about or interest in.

■ noun trouble; fuss.

↘a cause of trouble or fuss.

■ exclamation chiefly Brit. used to express mild irritation.

Origin

C17 (as a noun in the dialect sense 'noise, chatter'): of Anglo-Ir. origin; prob. related to Ir. bodhaire 'noise', bodhraim 'deafen, annoy'.

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