Bother

//ˈbɔðə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "bother" (543 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (109)

annoy annoyance fuss trouble gnaw abash abrade abuse a privilege addle addle the wits ado afflict aggravate aggravation agitate agitation ail anxiety awkwardness bad news

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Noun(17 words)

trouble annoyance fuss hassle nuisance palaver ado argy-bargy bangarang bobbery botheration brouhaha bunfight bust-up bustle chaos clamour

Verb(30 words)

annoy devil inconvenience irritate nark nettle put out rile trouble trouble oneself vex aggravate agitate antagonize becare bedevil besorrow boil someone's piss botherate bring down

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bug burn up care care a button care a jackstraw care a pin care a whit chafe chap someone's hide cheese off

Intj(2 words)

blast botheration

Strong matches (163)

Noun(10 words)

clatter commotion disruption disturbance faff ferment flap foofaraw fracas furor

cloud clumsiness commotion complicate matters concern confoundment confuse confusion corner crashing bore crucify daze dazzle demand devil devilment difficulty dilemma disaccommodate disadvantage

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Verb(48 words)

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Intj(4 words)

dang darn drat fiddlesticks

Related words (271)

Verb(50 words)

grate gravel grind one's gears grotch hack off harsh one's mellow hassle heed hump idioms:incommode inconvenience oneself irk jazz mind molest mommick mortify nerve pee off

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great ado gripe handful harass harassment harm harry harrying hassle haze headache heckle hector helter skelter helter-skelter hound hounding hubbub hullabaloo impose on

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impose upon imposing an onus imposition incommode incommodity inconsiderateness inconvenience inconveniency inconvenientness infliction infuriate intrude irk irritant irritate irritation jam jumble lather laying on load with care loading loading down maelstrom make free with matter maze melee mess miff mist mix up moider molest molestation muddle muddlement mystery nag needle nettle nonplus nudge nudzh nuisance obtrude upon obtrusiveness overstep pain peck of troubles peeve pell mell pell-mell perplex perplexity persecute persecution perturb perturbation pest pester pet pick pick on pickle pique placid plague plight pluck the beard pother predicament presume on presume upon presumptuousness problem provoke pucker put out put to inconvenience put to it put to trouble puzzle puzzlement quandary racket raise hell rampage rattle restlessness riddle ride rile riot roil rough-and-tumble roughhouse row rub ruckus ruction ruffle rumpus scramble scrape sea of troubles shake shindy shuffle song spasm spurt stew stir sweat swirl swivet take a liberty take liberties task tasking taxing tease thorn throw into confusion tire tizzy to do to-do torment trial trouble oneself troublesomeness try try the patience tumult turmoil tweak the nose twitter twitteration unassuredness uncertainty unhandiness unhinge unquiet unsettle unsettlement unwarranted demand unwieldiness uproar upset vex vexation vexatiousness visit vortex weighting whirl worriment worry

Noun(40 words)

grievance hobbleshaw hoo-ha hoo-hah hubbub hullabaloo hurly-burly inconvenience infliction irritation kerfuffle mayhem merry hell outcry pain pain in the ass pain in the neck pandemonium peeve plague

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pother quarrel riot rowdydow ruckus rumpus shemozzle shindy splatterdash stir stooshie three-ring circus to-do tomfoolery tumult turmoil unrest uproar upstir vexation

Intj(1 words)

phooey

Related word relations

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

7 relation types

More general

26 entries

affect agitate bear on bear upon charge charge up commove confuse disconcert displease disturbance excite flurry impact intrude irrupt

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Synonyms

6 entries

annoy annoyance blast fuss trouble trouble oneself

derived

13 entries

be bothered bebother bother one's arse botherance botheration bothered botherer botherless botherment bothersome father-bother merger not a bother on someone spot of bother

etymologically related_to

2 entries

pother potter

manner of

3 entries

agitate confuse intrude

related to

16 entries

ado annoy annoyance annoyed be bothered being being annoyed bothered bothersome disturb fuss inconvenience irritate pester trouble worry

similar

1 entries

chafe

Translations

257 translations across 59 languages.

Afrikaans

3 entries

moeite noun (trouble, inconvenience)
pla verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
steur verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Albanian

3 entries

shqetësim noun (fuss, ado)
shqetësim noun (trouble, inconvenience)
shqetësoj verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

σκύλλω verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
ἐνοχλῶ verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
ὀχλέω verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Arabic

4 entries

يَزْعَجْ intj (mild expression of annoyance/irritation)
يُضَايِقْ intj (mild expression of annoyance/irritation)
أزْعَجَ verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
كلف verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)

Armenian

1 entries

խանգարել verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

narahat etmək verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Bashkir

2 entries

мәшәҡәт noun (fuss, ado)
мәшәҡәт noun (trouble, inconvenience)

Bulgarian

4 entries

безпокойство noun (fuss, ado)
грижи noun (fuss, ado)
неприятности noun (trouble, inconvenience)
безпокоя verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Catalan

3 entries

disturbar verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
molestar verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
perturbar verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎠᏕᏯᏙᏗᎭ verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Chinese

3 entries

мафан verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
麻煩 /麻烦 verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
齪嘈 /龊嘈 verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

鬧騰 /闹腾 noun (fuss, ado)
麻煩 /麻烦 noun (trouble, inconvenience)
煩擾 /烦扰 verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
費事 /费事 verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)

Czech

1 entries

vadit verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Danish

1 entries

mas noun (fuss, ado)

Dutch

4 entries

verdorie intj (mild expression of annoyance/irritation)
moeite noun (trouble, inconvenience)
moeite doen verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)
storen verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Esperanto

4 entries

aĉ intj (mild expression of annoyance/irritation)
ĝenaĵo noun (trouble, inconvenience)
malordigi verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
perturbi verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Estonian

4 entries

nuhtlus noun (trouble, inconvenience)
tülin noun (trouble, inconvenience)
tülitama verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
tüütama verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Finnish

4 entries

voi sentään! intj (mild expression of annoyance/irritation)
häiriö noun (trouble, inconvenience)
hälinä noun (fuss, ado)
mekkala noun (fuss, ado)

French

4 entries

mince intj (mild expression of annoyance/irritation)
zut! intj (mild expression of annoyance/irritation)
bâdrer verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
bâdrer verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)

Galician

4 entries

aburar verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
amolar verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
gravecer verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
mornear verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Georgian

4 entries

თავის მოწყენა noun (trouble, inconvenience)
მობეზრება noun (trouble, inconvenience)
შეწუხება noun (trouble, inconvenience)
გაღიზიანება verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

German

4 entries

Mist intj (mild expression of annoyance/irritation)
verdammt intj (mild expression of annoyance/irritation)
Schwierigkeiten noun (fuss, ado)
Umstände noun (fuss, ado)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Greek

1 entries

ενοχλώ verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

deranje verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Hebrew

4 entries

טרחה noun (trouble, inconvenience)
הטריח את עצמו verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)
הפריע verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
טרח verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)

Hungarian

4 entries

a csudába intj (mild expression of annoyance/irritation)
a fenébe intj (mild expression of annoyance/irritation)
az ördögbe intj (mild expression of annoyance/irritation)
teringettét intj (mild expression of annoyance/irritation)

Icelandic

4 entries

mál noun (trouble, inconvenience)
vandamál noun (trouble, inconvenience)
vesen noun (fuss, ado)
vesen noun (trouble, inconvenience)

Ingrian

2 entries

kiusata verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
rangata verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Irish

2 entries

stró noun (fuss, ado)
cuir isteach ar verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Italian

4 entries

agitazione noun (fuss, ado)
confusione noun (fuss, ado)
fastidio noun (trouble, inconvenience)
incomodo noun (trouble, inconvenience)

Japanese

1 entries

邪魔 noun (trouble, inconvenience)

Kabuverdianu

2 entries

ingisu noun (fuss, ado)
ingisu noun (trouble, inconvenience)

Ladin

2 entries

dé mpaz verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
sciaché verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Latvian

1 entries

traucēt verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Macedonian

4 entries

беспо́којство noun (fuss, ado)
гри́жи noun (fuss, ado)
неприја́тности noun (trouble, inconvenience)
возне́мири verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Māori

4 entries

whakahōhā verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
whakapōnānā verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
whakararuraru verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
whakatōwenewene verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)

Norwegian

4 entries

bry noun (fuss, ado)
kluss noun (fuss, ado)
mas noun (fuss, ado)
bry verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Oromo

1 entries

rakkisuu verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

Onjenieech noun (trouble, inconvenience)
Ploag noun (trouble, inconvenience)

Polish

3 entries

kłopot noun (trouble, inconvenience)
naprzykrzać się verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
niepokoić verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Portuguese

4 entries

credo! intj (mild expression of annoyance/irritation)
droga! intj (mild expression of annoyance/irritation)
porcaria! intj (mild expression of annoyance/irritation)
incômodo noun (trouble, inconvenience)

Romanian

4 entries

agitație noun (fuss, ado)
deranj noun (trouble, inconvenience)
incomodare noun (trouble, inconvenience)
îngrijorare noun (fuss, ado)

Russian

4 entries

беспоко́ить verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
беспоко́иться verb (to feel care or concern)
трево́житься verb (to feel care or concern)
утруждать себя verb (to do something which is of negligible inconvenience)

Sanskrit

1 entries

बाधति verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Santali

1 entries

ᱚᱡᱚᱨ noun (trouble, inconvenience)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

buair verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
cuir dragh air verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
sàraich verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

smetati verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Slovene

1 entries

nadlegováti verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Spanish

4 entries

caramba intj (mild expression of annoyance/irritation)
joroba intj (mild expression of annoyance/irritation)
rayos intj (mild expression of annoyance/irritation)
alboroto noun (fuss, ado)

Swedish

4 entries

besvär noun (trouble, inconvenience)
bry sig om verb (to do something which is of negligible inconvenience)
idas verb (to do something which is of negligible inconvenience)
störa verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Tamil

1 entries

படுத்து verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Thai

4 entries

กวน verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
กวนใจ verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
ก่อกวน verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)
รบกวน verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Turkish

4 entries

bulaşmak verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
canını sıkmak verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
rahatsız etmek verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
sataşmak verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Ukrainian

4 entries

турбо́ти noun (trouble, inconvenience)
турбува́тися noun (fuss, ado)
хвилюва́тися noun (fuss, ado)
турбува́ти verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Uzbek

1 entries

bezovta qilmoq verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Venetan

3 entries

dar fastidio verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)
preocuparse verb (to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something)
ronper verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Vietnamese

1 entries

quấy rầy verb (to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to)

Welsh

2 entries

trafferthu verb (to do something which is of negligible inconvenience)
ymdrafferthu verb (to do something which is of negligible inconvenience)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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

Source: tatoeba (1430)

Don't bother to call on him.

Source: tatoeba (29143)

Don't bother to call me.

Source: tatoeba (29145)

Do not bother to come to my home.

Source: tatoeba (29153)

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