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nounsomething or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappinesstype of:
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verbto cause inconvenience or discomfort to
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verbtake the trouble to do something; concern oneself
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nounan angry disturbancetype of:
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verbcause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritationstype of:
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verbintrude or enter uninvited
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verbmake confused or perplexed or puzzledtype of:
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verbmake nervous or agitated
Examples of bother
- "a bit of a bother"
- "Don't bother, please"
- "a spot of bother"
- "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"
- "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers"
- "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster"