bother : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bother	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for bother
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bother n an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" Synonym(s): fuss, trouble, bother, hassle something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction" Synonym(s): annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass v take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please" Synonym(s): trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneself cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" Synonym(s): annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..." Synonym(s): trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother intrude or enter uninvited; "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers" make nervous or agitated; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster" make confused or perplexed or puzzled
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 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.