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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)