Definitions for bother
ˈbɒð ərboth·er

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fuss, trouble, bother, hasslenoun

   an angry disturbance

   "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"

2. 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"

3. 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"

4. 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"

5. trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, botherverb

   to cause inconvenience or discomfort to

   "Sorry to trouble you, but..."

6. botherverb

   intrude or enter uninvited

   "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers"

7. botherverb

   make nervous or agitated

   "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster"

8. botherverb

   make confused or perplexed or puzzled

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bothernoun

   Fuss, ado.

   There was a bit of bother at the hairdresser's when they couldn't find my appointment in the book.

   Etymology: From bauther, bather "to bother". Origin unknown. Perhaps related to pother "to make a stir or commotion, bustle", also of unknown origin.

2. bothernoun

   Trouble, inconvenience.

   Yes, I can do that for you - it's no bother.

   Etymology: From bauther, bather "to bother". Origin unknown. Perhaps related to pother "to make a stir or commotion, bustle", also of unknown origin.

3. botherverb

   To annoy, to disturb, to irritate.

   Would it bother you if I smoked?

   Etymology: From bauther, bather "to bother". Origin unknown. Perhaps related to pother "to make a stir or commotion, bustle", also of unknown origin.

4. botherverb

   To do something at one's own inconvenience.

   Why do I even bother to try?

   Etymology: From bauther, bather "to bother". Origin unknown. Perhaps related to pother "to make a stir or commotion, bustle", also of unknown origin.

5. botherverb

   To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.

   You didn't even bother to close the door.

   Etymology: From bauther, bather "to bother". Origin unknown. Perhaps related to pother "to make a stir or commotion, bustle", also of unknown origin.

6. 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.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Botherverb

   to annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother

2. Botherverb

   to feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome

3. Bothernoun

   one who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as, to be in a bother

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.]

Matched Categories

1. • Agitate
   • Confuse
   • Intrude
   • Strain

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bother' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1151

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bother' in Verbs Frequency: #464

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1. Alex

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bother in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bother in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of bother in a Sentence

1. Ruben Studdard:

   I just never let anything bother me, man. I know myself really well. Nobody's opinion of me can shake my opinion of myself.

2. Elijah Cummings:

   They don't mind investigating, but when they find that they have nothing to investigate because we can't get any information they say' what ? Why bother,' i don't know what The White House is trying to push or pressure us into.

3. Mike Cramer:

   It doesn't bode well for that newspaper continuing. In fact, if they continue and gut the sports department ... I'm not sure why one would bother to buy it at the newsstand or as a business.

4. Anuj Somany:

   The mark of an intelligent is that he does not bother about the marks in the examination paper.

5. Allen Ginsberg:

   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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