botheration

/,bɔðə'reiʃn/
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botheration

Washing dishes is a real botheration.

Definition

Noun: 1. The state of being annoyed or irritated: The feeling of mild anger, impatience, or worry caused by something troublesome. 2. A source of trouble or annoyance: Something or someone that causes bother, inconvenience, or minor difficulty.

Usage and Examples
  • As a state of feeling (being annoyed):
    • His constant questions filled her with botheration.
    • She sighed in botheration when she realized she had forgotten her keys.
  • As a source of annoyance (the thing causing trouble):
    • The noisy construction next door is a real botheration.
    • Losing the file was a minor botheration, but we recovered it.
Advanced Usage and Notes
  • Formality: "Botheration" is a somewhat old-fashioned or formal word. In modern, casual English, words like "bother," "annoyance," "irritation," or "nuisance" are more common.
  • Interjection (Archaic): Historically, "Botheration!" was used as an exclamation to express mild annoyance or frustration, similar to "Drat!" or "Oh bother!" This usage is now very rare.
Variants and Related Words
  • Bother (verb/noun): To annoy or worry someone slightly; a state of worry or minor trouble.
    • Don't bother me right now. / It's not a bother at all.
  • Bothered (adjective): Annoyed, worried, or concerned.
    • He seemed bothered by the news.
  • Bothersome (adjective): Causing bother or annoyance; irritating.
    • A bothersome fly kept buzzing around the room.
Synonyms
  • Annoyance: The feeling or the cause of being annoyed.
  • Irritation: The state of being impatient or slightly angry.
  • Nuisance: A person, thing, or situation causing inconvenience or annoyance.
  • Vexation (formal): The state of being annoyed, frustrated, or worried.
  • Headache (informal): A bothersome or troublesome situation.
Idioms and Phrases
  • (To be) more bother than it's worth: Used to describe a task or situation that is so troublesome that the effort required is not justified by the result.
    • Fixing that old car is more bother than it's worth.
botheration

Washing dishes is a real botheration.

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. the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed

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