Bother

/ˈbɔðə(ɹ)/

Synonyms for "bother" (422 found)

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Closest matches (85)

Noun(8 words)

annoyance hassle trouble annoy bedevilling botheration bugging chagrins

abash abradeabuse a privilegeaddleaddle the witsado afflict aggravate aggravation agitate agitation ail annoy annoyance anxiety awkwardnessbad newsbadger baffle bafflement

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baitball upbe atbe the matterbecloud bedazzle bedevil bedevilment befuddle befuddlement beset besetment bewilder bewilderment bind blistering bore botheration bothersomeness brawl bristle broil brouhahabrown offbug bullyrag burden burdeningburn upburst bustlecan of wormschafe chaos charging chivy cloud clumsiness commotioncomplicate mattersconcern confoundment confuse confusion cornercrashing borecrucify daze dazzle

Verb(7 words)

annoy annoyed annoys bedevilled bugged care chafe

Adjective(1 words)

annoying

Strong matches (126)

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discourage dismay disoblige disorder disorganization disorganize disorient disorientation disquiet distemper distract distress disturb disturbance dither dog dogging donnybrookdonnybrook fairdowner dragdrive up the walldustup effort embarrass embarrassment embroilment encroachencroach uponenigma entangle evil exaction exasperate exasperation exercise fash fatigue faze feery-fary ferment fidgetiness fit fix flap flummox flurry fluster flusteration flustration flutter flutteriness fog foofaraw fracas frazzlefree-for-allfreighting frenzy fret fuddle fuddlement fussfuss atfussiness gall getgive concerngnawgreat adogripe handful harass harassment harm harry harrying hassle haze headache heckle hectorhelter skelterhelter-skelter hound hounding

Verb(9 words)

devil discommode discommoded disoblige disturbs frustrateget atget togravel

Noun(11 words)

discommodes discommoding disturb drat effort endeavor exert fiddlesticks fuss hassel hassling

Related words (211)

hubbub hullabalooimpose onimpose uponimposing an onusimposition incommode incommodity inconsiderateness inconvenience inconveniency inconvenientness infliction infuriate intrude irk irritant irritate irritation jam

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jumble latherlaying onload with careloadingloading downmaelstrommake free withmatter maze melee mess miff mistmix upmoider molest molestation muddle muddlement mystery nag needle nettle nonplus nudge nudzh nuisanceobtrude uponobtrusiveness overstep pain palaverpeck of troublespeevepell mellpell-mell perplex perplexity persecute persecution perturb perturbation pest pester pet pickpick onpickle pique placid plague plightpluck the beardpother predicamentpresume onpresume uponpresumptuousness problem provoke puckerput output to inconvenienceput to itput to troublepuzzle puzzlement quandary racketraise hellrampage rankle rattle restlessness riddle ride rile riot roilrough-and-tumbleroughhouse row rub ruckus ruction ruffle rumpus scramble scrapesea of troublesshake shindy shuffle song spasm spurt stew stir sweat swirl swivettake a libertytake libertiestask tasking taxing tease thornthrow into confusiontire tizzyto doto-do torment trial trouble troublesomeness trytry the patiencetumult turmoiltweak the nosetwitter twitteration unassuredness uncertainty unhandiness unhinge unquiet unsettle unsettlementunwarranted demandunwieldiness uproar upset vex vexation vexatiousness visit vortex weighting whirl worriment worry

Verb(21 words)

incommode inconvenienceinconvenience oneselfirked irks irritate irritates molests nark nettle niggled perturbs pesteredput outrag rile troubletrouble oneselfvex vexes

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vexing

Noun(21 words)

inconvenience inconveniences inconveniencing infliction irking irritate nagging narks niggle niggles nuisance painpain in the asspain in the neckpestering rigmaroles ruffling shucks troubles undertake

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vexer

Adjective(4 words)

irritated niggling troubled vexed

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

35 entries

affect agitate attemptbear onbear uponchargecharge upcommove confuse difficulty disconcert displease disruption disturbance effort

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More specific

11 entries

annoy drat endeavor exert exertion fiddlesticks hardship inconvenience irritate nuisance trouble

Collocations

15 entries

a botherbother aboutbother tobother withbothered botherer bothering bothers bothersomegreat botherlittle botherminor botherno botheroh botherreal bother

Inflections

3 entries

bothered bothering bothers

Derivations

4 entries

botherer bothering botheringly bothersome

similar

1 entries

chafe

Translations

25 translations across 16 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

كلف verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

費事 /费事 verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)

Dutch

1 entries

moeite doen verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)

Estonian

2 entries

vaeva nägema verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)
vaevuma verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)

Finnish

4 entries

huvittaa verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)
jaksaa verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)
vaivautua verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)
viitsiä verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)

French

1 entries

bâdrer verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)

Hebrew

2 entries

הטריח את עצמו verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)
טרח verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)

Hungarian

1 entries

veszi a fáradságot verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)

Italian

3 entries

disturbarsi verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)
prendersi la briga verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)
preoccuparsi verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)

Māori

1 entries

whakatōwenewene verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)

Norwegian

1 entries

gidde verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)

Portuguese

1 entries

dar-se ao trabalho verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)

Spanish

2 entries

molestarse en verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)
tomarse la molestia de verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)

Thai

1 entries

ก่อกวน verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)

Turkish

2 entries

uğraşmak verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)
zahmet etmek verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)

Venetan

1 entries

preocuparse verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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I will play Sudoku then instead of continuing to bother you.

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Don't bother to call on him.

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Don't bother to call me.

Source: tatoeba (29145)

Do not bother to come to my home.

Source: tatoeba (29153)

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