What does bother mean?
Definitions for bother
ˈbɒð ərboth·er
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word bother.
Princeton's WordNet
fuss, trouble, bother, hasslenoun
an angry disturbance
"he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"
annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the assverb
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"
trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneselfverb
take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
"He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please"
annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devilverb
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"
trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, botherverb
to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
"Sorry to trouble you, but..."
botherverb
intrude or enter uninvited
"Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers"
botherverb
make nervous or agitated
"The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster"
botherverb
make confused or perplexed or puzzled
Wiktionary
bothernoun
Fuss, ado.
There was a bit of bother at the hairdresser's when they couldn't find my appointment in the book.
bothernoun
Trouble, inconvenience.
Yes, I can do that for you - it's no bother.
botherverb
To annoy, to disturb, to irritate.
Would it bother you if I smoked?
botherverb
To do something at one's own inconvenience.
Why do I even bother to try?
botherverb
To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
You didn't even bother to close the door.
botherinterjection
A mild expression of annoyance.
Etymology: From bauther, bather "to bother". Origin unknown. Perhaps related to pother "to make a stir or commotion, bustle", also of unknown origin.
Wikipedia
Bother
Don't Bother is a song performed by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, taken from her seventh studio album and second English-language album, Oral Fixation, Vol. 2. The song was released on 4 October 2005, by Epic Records as the lead single from the album. The song was written by Shakira, Lauren Christy, Graham Edwards and Scott Spock, and was produced by Shakira. "Don't Bother" is a rock-influenced song in which Shakira assures her former lover that she does not need his sympathy and can move on without him. Upon its release, "Don't Bother" received generally mixed reviews from music critics, who praised Shakira's vocals but felt that the lyrics of the song were strange. Commercially, the track fared well on record charts, entering the top ten in countries including Austria, Germany, Italy, Romania, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In the United States, the song peaked at number 42 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and at number 25 on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart. "Don't Bother" was later certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for digital downloads of 500,000 units. An accompanying music video for the song was directed by Jaume de Laiguana, and features Shakira tormenting her former lover by crushing his car in a wrecking yard. For additional promotion, Shakira performed the song on a number of award and reality shows. It was also included in the setlist of her Oral Fixation Tour.
ChatGPT
bother
Bother generally refers to causing annoyance, inconvenience, or worry to someone. It can also refer to the act of taking the effort or trouble to do something.
Webster Dictionary
Botherverb
to annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother
Botherverb
to feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome
Bothernoun
one who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as, to be in a bother
Wikidata
Bother
"Bother" is the second single from the alternative metal band Stone Sour's first album Stone Sour. It was originally released as a solo song by frontman Corey Taylor, but the billing was later changed to Stone Sour. The song was one of Stone Sour's first songs to put them into the mainstream. The cover features Taylor's hands and rings, one of them being a Spider-Man ring which is a reference to the song being featured on the soundtrack to the film Spider-Man and to Taylor being a fan of Spider-Man. The other has the number 8 on it, representing Taylor's number in Slipknot. Taylor has stated that the song is about when he moved back to Des Moines from Denver, where he hoped to try to move forward with his music.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Bother
both′ėr, v.t. to perplex or tease.—ns. Both′er; Botherā′tion.—adj. Both′ersome. [Murray notes that the word first appeared in the writings of Irish-born men, as Dr Sheridan, Swift, and Sterne. Perh. from Ir. buaidhirt, trouble.]
British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'bother' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1151
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'bother' in Verbs Frequency: #464
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bother in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bother in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of bother in a Sentence
You're taking a group of people who are retirees who are already living their lives on a pension, and you are saying to them,' here, instead of the pension, why don't you take this big check,' and they don't bother to tell them that this big check is worth less than your pension, and that's what Treasury said you can go back and do.
She was the type of person who would never want to bother me to fix anything and would always strike up a conversation and say hello.
I know that Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital was so busy with so many patients and the nurses were working so hard, I couldn't bother them, when he couldn't talk to me, I was terrified because I didn't know what was going to happen next.
When I finally confronted them [just before ‘Rocky IV’ in 1985], I said, ‘Does it bother you guys that I’ve written every word, I’ve choreographed it, I’ve been loyal to you, I’ve promoted it, directed it and I don’t have 1% that I could leave for my children?’ And the quote was, ‘You got paid.’ And that was the end of the conversation.
I have a new method of poetry. All you got to do is look over your notebooks... or lay down on a couch, and think of anything that comes into your head, especially the miseries. Then arrange in lines of two, three or four words each, don't bother about sentences, in sections of two, three or four lines each.
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- يزعج, يضايقArabic
- неприятности, безпокоя, грижи, дразня, безпокойство, досаждамBulgarian
- molestarCatalan, Valencian
- vaditCzech
- belästigenGerman
- molestar, cansón, agobiarSpanish
- tülitama, vaevuma, tüütama, vaeva nägema, nuhtlus, tülinEstonian
- häiriö, häiritä, vaiva, vaivataFinnish
- embêter, bâdrer, daigner, gêner, zut, dérangerFrench
- buair, sàraich, cuir dragh airScottish Gaelic
- הטריח את עצמו, טרחה, הפריע, טרחHebrew
- veszi a fáradságot, zaklat, zavarHungarian
- menggangguIndonesian
- vesen, vandamál, angra, mál, ergjaIcelandic
- prendersi la briga, fastidio, incomodo, problema, infastidire, disturbare, confusione, trambusto, seccatura, preoccuparsi, agitazione, disturbarsiItalian
- 邪魔Japanese
- გაღიზიანებაGeorgian
- traucētLatvian
- whakapōnānāMāori
- storen, moeite, moeite doenDutch
- irritere, plage, kluss, gidde, forstyrre, bryNorwegian
- niepokoić, naprzykrzać się, kłopotPolish
- incomodarPortuguese
- supăra, agitație, incomodare, deranj, deranja, îngrijorare, incomoda, necăjiRomanian
- беспокоитьRussian
- nadlegovátiSlovene
- shqetësim, shqetësojAlbanian
- idas, besvär, bry sig om, störaSwedish
- canını sıkmak, rahatsız etmekTurkish
- bezovta qilmoqUzbek
- 煩Chinese
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