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Learn to pronounce both·er

/ˈbäT͟Hər/
verb
  1. take the trouble to do something.
    "scientists rarely bother with such niceties"
  2. (of a circumstance or event) worry, disturb, or upset (someone).
    "is there an issue that bothers you so much you'd campaign against it?"
    synonyms: concern oneself, trouble oneself, mind, care, worry oneself, burden oneself, occupy oneself, busy oneself, take the time, make the effort, go to trouble, inconvenience oneself, give a damn, give a hoot, give a rap, give a hang, worry, trouble, concern, perturb, disturb, disquiet, disconcert, unnerve, fret, upset, distress, alarm, make anxious, cause someone anxiety, work up, agitate, gnaw at, weigh down, lie heavy on, rattle, faze, discombobulate

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verb · distracting · worrying · concerning · disturbing · alarming · agitating · angering · plaguing · unsettling · upsetting.
to make someone feel worried or upset: Does it bother you that he's out so much of the time?
The earliest known use of the adjective bothering is in the mid 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for bothering is from 1765, in the writing of Richard Cumberland ...
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The meaning of BOTHER is to annoy especially by petty provocation : irk. How to use bother in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Bother.
Synonyms: annoying · fretting · troubling · ruffling · getting · chafing · aggravating · exasperating · bugging · disturbing · irritating · nettling · provoking ...
On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to bothering, such as: bugging, pestering, botheration, disturbance, exasperation, and ...
bother noun [U] (WORRY) ... something that annoys or causes problems for someone: That dog has never been a bother to anyone.