bother

/'bɔðə/

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Word: Bother

Part of Speech: Verb and Noun

Definition: 1. As a Verb: To cause someone to feel worried, confused, or uncomfortable. It can also mean to disturb someone when they want to be left alone. 2. As a Noun: A source of trouble or annoyance; something that causes discomfort or worry.

Usage Instructions:

• Verb Usage: Use "bother" when you want to describe an action that makes someone feel uneasy or interrupted.
• Noun Usage: Use "bother" to refer to something or someone that is annoying or troublesome.

Examples:

• Verb: "Please don’t bother me while I am studying." (This means you want to be left alone.)
• Noun: "It’s such a bother to clean the house every weekend." (This means cleaning the house is annoying or troublesome.)

Advanced Usage:

• You can use "bother" in more complex sentences to express feelings or situations, such as: "The noise from the construction site really bothers me when I’m trying to concentrate on my work."
• For more formal contexts, you might say: "I’m sorry to trouble you with this issue, but could you help me?"

Word Variants:

• Bothered (adjective): Feeling worried or disturbed.
  • Example: "She felt bothered by the loud music."
• Bothering (gerund): The act of causing annoyance or disturbance.
  • Example: "Bothering him with small questions is not necessary."
• Bothersome (adjective): Causing annoyance or discomfort.
  • Example: "The bothersome insects ruined our picnic."

Different Meanings:

• Intrusion: "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers." (This means do not interrupt her.)
• Worry: "The mere thought of the exam bothered him." (This indicates that thinking about the exam caused him anxiety.)

Synonyms:

• Annoy
• Disturb
• Trouble
• Irritate
• Pester

Idioms:

• "Don't bother me!" - A way to say you want to be left alone.
• "It's no bother." - This means that something is not an inconvenience at all.

Phrasal Verbs:

• Bother with: To take the time or effort to do something.
  • Example: "I didn’t bother with the details."
• Bother about: To care about something to the point of worry.
  • Example: "I don’t bother about what others think."

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Noun

1. 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
2. an angry disturbance
   • he didn't want to make a fuss
   • they had labor trouble
   • a spot of bother

Verb

1. make confused or perplexed or puzzled
2. make nervous or agitated
   • The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster
3. intrude or enter uninvited
   • Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers
4. to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
   • Sorry to trouble you, but...
5. 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
6. take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
   • He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday
   • Don't bother, please

Synonyms

• annoyance
• botheration
• pain
• infliction
• pain in the neck
• pain in the ass
• fuss
• trouble
• hassle
• put out
• inconvenience
• disoblige
• discommode
• incommode
• trouble oneself
• inconvenience oneself