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Bother

🔄 Synonyms of "Bother"

27 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
troublenoun	A distressing or dangerous situation.
annoyancenoun	(uncountable) The psychological state of being annoyed or irritated.
nuisancenoun	A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
botherationnoun	(uncountable) The state of being bothered; annoyance, vexation.
fussnoun	(countable or uncountable) Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something.
incommodeverb	To make (someone) uncomfortable; to discomfort, to disturb, to trouble.
hasslenoun	Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
nettlenoun	Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
vexverb	(transitive) To annoy, irritate.
narknoun	(transitive, intransitive, slang) To serve or behave as a spy or informer; to tattle.
put outverb	Taking offense; indignant.
gravelnoun	(uncountable) Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.
irritateverb	(transitive) To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.
annoyverb	(transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
rileverb	(in particular) To make angry.
inconveniencenoun	Something that is not convenient, something that bothers.
pain in the necknoun	(idiomatic, slang) Someone or something which is annoying, irritating or inconvenient.
disobligeverb	(British) to be unwilling to oblige; to disappoint, to inconvenience, not to cooperate.
get toverb	(transitive) To reach or arrive at (a physical or abstract destination, or state of doing a certain activity).
discommodeverb	(transitive) To cause inconvenience to (someone).
get atverb	To manage to gain access to.
pain in the assnoun	(idiomatic, slang, vulgar, Canada, US) Something or someone that causes discomfort, frustration, or annoyance.
trouble oneselfverb	take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
inconvenience oneselfverb	take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
devilnoun	(theology) The chief devil; Satan.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bother"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
botherationnoun	(uncountable) The state of being bothered; annoyance, vexation.
annoyverb	(transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
vexverb	(transitive) To annoy, irritate.
pain in the necknoun	(idiomatic, slang) Someone or something which is annoying, irritating or inconvenient.
annoyancenoun	(uncountable) The psychological state of being annoyed or irritated.
nuisancenoun	A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
hassleverb	Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
irritateverb	(transitive) To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.
pain in the assnoun	(idiomatic, slang, vulgar, Canada, US) Something or someone that causes discomfort, frustration, or annoyance.
troubleverb	A distressing or dangerous situation.
fussverb	(countable or uncountable) Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something.
painverb	(transitive) To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture.
discommodeverb	(transitive) To cause inconvenience to (someone).
incommodeverb	To make (someone) uncomfortable; to discomfort, to disturb, to trouble.
inconvenienceverb	To bother; to discomfort.
rileverb	(in particular) To make angry.
disobligeverb	(British) to be unwilling to oblige; to disappoint, to inconvenience, not to cooperate.
ragverb	To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
narkverb	(transitive, intransitive, slang) To serve or behave as a spy or informer; to tattle.
get atverb	To manage to gain access to.