bother

[both·er]

The word bother has many shades of meaning, but most of them involve trouble of some sort. You might wonder why you should bother to follow a recipe, until you taste what you've made without one.

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To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.

Noun
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"

Noun
an angry disturbance; "he didn''t want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"

Verb
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"

Verb
make confused or perplexed or puzzled

Verb
make nervous or agitated; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster"

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Verb
intrude or enter uninvited; "Don''t bother the professor while she is grading term papers"

Verb
take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don''t bother, please"

Verb
to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..."


v. t.
To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.

v. i.
To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.

n.
One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as, to be in a bother.


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. &hand; The imperative is sometimes used as an exclamation mildly imprecatory.

Bother

Both"er, v. i. To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
Without bothering about it.

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.

To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.

To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.

One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as, to be in a bother.

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Usage Examples

Movies always are open to being remade because times change so much, and the tempo of movies changes. I think of it like a James Bond. They can have different actors play the same role... I've had people come up to me and say, 'We want to remake 'The Jerk' with so and so.' And I say, 'Fine.' It just doesn't bother me. It's an honor actually.

I do love to walk around in New York because people will notice me, smile, but they never bother anyone. New Yorkers are very cool. I love New York.

I know who my dad is, I've met him a few times, but I don't even call him dad. I know it sounds horrible, but I don't even see him as part of my family, to be honest. If you want the truth, it doesn't bother me because I don't know any different. I just know that me and my mum, that was my family.

I know there are people who don't like their audience or like the experience of being recognized or celebrated, but my audience has been very good - they don't bother me and when they do contact me it's usually on the nicest possible terms.

I don't let it bother me too much if someone doesn't like me. I just figure there's no accounting for taste. It's not me, it's my acting. It's like if someone doesn't like someone's food, they just don't like my acting.

School is practice for the future, and practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect so why bother.

I can't grill vegetables, shellfish or steaks without tongs. Don't bother with those long-handled grilling tongs normally found in the BBQ section of your home store. Get intimate with your grill and opt for the regular stainless steel tongs.

Fighting a war on terrorism is like fighting against crime. We can never hope to eradicate crime, so we shouldn't bother fighting it.

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Other Usage Examples

Knowledge is power only if man knows what facts not to bother with.

If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.

It's really hard for me to sometimes put myself out there, like 'Hey, how do you feel about making music together?' because maybe I'm afraid of rejection or I don't want to put anybody out. It's the Southerner in me, like, 'I don't mean to bother you but do you mind making a song?'

If you don't know how to die, don't worry Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you don't bother your head about it.

A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.

I always said that if I could just find a guy who could chop wood and had a nice smile, it wouldn't bother me if he was a thug or an aristocrat, as long as he was a good guy. And I've ended up with an educated thug.

A little girl who finds a puzzle frustrating might ask her busy mother (or teacher) for help. The child gets one message if her mother expresses clear pleasure at the request and quite another if mommy responds with a curt 'Don't bother me - I've got important work to do.'

Killing Japanese didn't bother me very much at that time... I suppose if I had lost the war, I would have been tried as a war criminal.

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