1. (v.t.)bother to givetrouble to; annoy; pester: Noise bothers me.
2. bother to bewilder; confuse: His inability to get the joke bothered him.
3. bother to worry; distress: It bothers us that she is so careless.
4. (v.i.)bother to take the trouble; trouble or inconvenience oneself: Don't bother to call.
5. (n.)bother something or someone troublesome or burdensome.
6. bother effort, work, or worry: Gardening takes more bother than it's worth.
7. bother a worried or perplexed state: Don't get into such a bother about small matters.
Etymology: (1710–20; orig. Hiberno-E)
Definition of 'bother'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)fuss, trouble, bother, hassle an angry disturbance "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"
2. (verb)annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass 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"
3. (verb)trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneself take the trouble to do something; concern oneself "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please"
4. (verb)annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil causeannoyance 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"
5. (verb)trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother to cause inconvenience or discomfort to "Sorry to trouble you, but..."
6. (verb)bother intrude or enter uninvited "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers"
7. (verb)bother make nervous or agitated "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster"
8. (verb)bother make confused or perplexed or puzzled
1. (verb)bother to make an effort or to taketime to do He didn't even bother calling on my birthday.; ***I didn't bother to go to the meeting.
2. bother to disturb or interrupt Sorry to bother you.
3. bother to worry or upset It bothers me that he is away so much.
Definition of 'bother'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)bother one who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as, to be in a bother
2. (verb)bother to annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother
3. (verb)bother to feelcare or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome
Definitions of bother 
Afrikaans: pla, steur
Arabic: يُزْعِجُ ، يُضايِقُ
Bulgarian: тревожа
Brazilian: incomodar
Czech: rušit, obtěžovat
German: belästigen
Danish: irritere
Greek: ενοχλώ
Spanish: molestar
Estonian: tüütama
Farsi: اذیت کردن؛ نگران شدن
Finnish: vaivata
French: ennuyer, déranger
Hebrew: לְהַטְרִיד, לְהֲפְרִיע
Hindi: तंग करना
Croatian: dosađivati
Hungarian: zaklat
Indonesian: mengganggu
Icelandic: angra
Italian: infastidire
Japanese: 悩ます
Korean: 괴롭히다
Lithuanian: trukdyti, varginti
Latvian: apgrūtināt; traucēt
Malay: mengganggu
Dutch: ergeren
Norwegian: plage, bry, forstyrre, sj
Polish: niepokoić, martwić
Persian: اذیت کردن؛ نگران شدن
Pashto: ځورول، تشویشی کیدل
Portuguese: incomodar
Romanian: a deranja; a plictisi
Russian: беспокоить
Slovak: rušiť
Slovenian: motiti
Serbian: smetati
Swedish: plåga, besvära, oroa, stö
Thai: ทำให้รำคาญ
Turkish: üzmek, canını sıkmak
Taiwanese: 煩擾
Ukrainian: набридати
Urdu: دق کرنا ، زچ کرنا
Vietnamese: làm phiền
Chinese: 烦恼
