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
- 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
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