bother

bother
v
1. pester, hector, harass, Sl. bug, Sl. hassle, Sl. drive [s.o.] nuts or crazy or bananas, Sl. drive [s.o.] up a wall; hound, dog, nag, pick on, pick at, be on [s.o.'s] back, Inf. give [s.o.] a hard time, Sl. ride; torment, taunt, bedevil, tease, tweak, mock, heckle, Inf. needle; plague, trouble, fret, worry.
2. irritate, annoy, irk, vex, pique, provoke, peeve, nettle, chafe; get on [s.o.'s] nerves, tread on [s.o.'s] toes, Chiefly U.S. rile, Inf. aggravate, Inf. miff, Inf. give [s.o.] a pain, Inf. give [s.o.] fits, Inf. rub [s.o.] the wrong way, Inf. get in [s.o.'s] hair, Inf. get under [s.o.'s] skin; exasperate, ruffle, try [s.o.'s] patience, Inf. grate on or grate on [s.o.'s] nerves.
3. bewilder, confuse, baffle, perplex, confound; upset, perturb, disconcert, discomfit.
4. trouble, inconvenience, burden; impose upon, encroach upon, put out, discommode, incommode; put to the trouble, take the trouble, go to the trouble.
n
5. nuisance, annoyance, vexation, Inf. headache, Sl. hassle, Sl. drag, Sl. bitch; inconvenience, imposition; disadvantage, handicap; problem, difficulty, affliction; irritant, burr, thorn, thorn in the side or flesh, pea in the shoe.
6. effort, exertion, energy, work; worry, pains, trouble, Sl. hassle.
7. dither, pucker, twitter, flutter, flurry, Inf. tizzy, Inf. stew, Inf. lather, Inf. sweat; commotion, fuss, to-do, ado, hubbub, tumult, stir, bustle.
8. bewilderment, confoundment, bafflement, puzzlement, perplexity, confusion, befuddlement.
9. pest, gadfly, buttonholer, Inf. pain, Sl. pain in the neck or rear, Sl. nudnik; nag, pesterer, annoyer, harasses heckler, badgerer; tease, teaser, tormentor, persecutor; bore, frightful or dreadful bore, proser, twaddler, dryasdust.

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