BOTHER
\bˈɒðə], \bˈɒðə], \b_ˈɒ_ð_ə]\
Definitions of BOTHER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
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to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..."
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make nervous or agitated; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster"
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intrude or enter uninvited; "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers"
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take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please"
By Princeton University
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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"
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to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..."
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make nervous or agitated; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster"
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intrude or enter uninvited; "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers"
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take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.
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To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
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One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as, to be in a bother.
By Oddity Software
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To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.
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To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
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One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as, to be in a bother.
By Noah Webster.
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To annoy; to tease; to worry; to give trouble to.
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To feel trouble or care; be troublesome.
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A source of worry; annoyance; vexation; perplexity; one that gives trouble.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
