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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bother \Both"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bothered} (?); p. pr & vb n. {Bothering}.] [Cf. Ir buaidhirt trouble, buaidhrim I vex.] To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See {Pother}. Note: The imperative is sometimes used as an exclamation mildly imprecatory. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bother \Both"er\, v. i. To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome. Without bothering about it --H. James. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bother \Both"er\, n. One who or that which bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as to be in a bother. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bother n 1: an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" [syn: {fuss}, {trouble}, {hassle}] 2: something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "a bit of a bother" [syn: {annoyance}, {nuisance}, {botheration}, {pain}, {pain in the neck}, {pain in the ass}] v 1: take the trouble to do something concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please" [syn: {trouble oneself}, {trouble}, {inconvenience oneself}] 2: cause annoyance in disturb, esp. by minor irritations: "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" [syn: {annoy}, {rag}, {get to}, {get at}, {irritate}, {rile}, {nark}, {nettle}, {gravel}, {vex}, {devil}] 3: to cause inconvenience or discomfort to: "Sorry to trouble you but..." [syn: {trouble}, {put out}, {inconvenience}, {disoblige}, {discommode}, {incommode}] 4: intrude or enter uninvited: "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers" 5: make nervous or agitated; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster" 6: make confused or perplexed or puzzled
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