Dictionary entry details
• BOTHER (noun)
Meaning:
An angry disturbance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
bother; hassle; trouble; fuss
Context examples:
he didn't want to make a fuss / they had labor trouble / a spot of bother
Hypernyms ("bother" is a kind of...):
disturbance; perturbation (activity that is an intrusion or interruption)
Meaning:
Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
pain in the ass; bother; botheration; pain in the neck; infliction; annoyance; pain
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("bother" is a kind of...):
negative stimulus (a stimulus with undesirable consequences)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bother"):
nuisance ((law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive)
irritant; thorn (something that causes irritation and annoyance)
plague (an annoyance)
• BOTHER (verb)
Meaning:
Take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
trouble oneself; inconvenience oneself; bother; trouble
Context examples:
He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday / Don't bother, please
Hypernyms (to "bother" is one way to...):
reach; strain; strive (to exert much effort or energy)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Meaning:
Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
vex; rile; nark; irritate; gravel; annoy; devil; bother; nettle; rag; get to; chafe; get at
Context examples:
Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me / It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
Hypernyms (to "bother" is one way to...):
displease (give displeasure to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bother"):
beset; chevvy; chevy; chivvy; chivy; harass; harry; hassle; molest; plague; provoke (annoy continually or chronically)
fret (cause annoyance in)
ruffle (trouble or vex)
peeve (cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful)
eat into; fret; grate; rankle (gnaw into; make resentful or angry)
get; get under one's skin (irritate)
antagonise; antagonize (provoke the hostility of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
To cause inconvenience or discomfort to
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
discommode; disoblige; incommode; inconvenience; put out; trouble; bother
Context example:
Sorry to trouble you, but...
Hypernyms (to "bother" is one way to...):
affect; bear on; bear upon; impact; touch; touch on (have an effect upon)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Intrude or enter uninvited
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers
Hypernyms (to "bother" is one way to...):
intrude; irrupt (enter uninvited)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Make nervous or agitated
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Context example:
The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster
Hypernyms (to "bother" is one way to...):
agitate; charge; charge up; commove; excite; rouse; turn on (cause to be agitated, excited, or roused)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
The bad news will bother him
The performance is likely to bother Sue
Meaning:
Make confused or perplexed or puzzled
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Hypernyms (to "bother" is one way to...):
confuse; disconcert; flurry; put off (cause to feel embarrassment)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The bad news will bother him
