Definition of bother

"bother" in the noun sense

1. fuss, trouble, bother, hassle

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 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"

"bother" in the verb sense

1. 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"

2. annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil

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"

3. trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother

to cause inconvenience or discomfort to

"Sorry to trouble you, but..."

4. bother

intrude or enter uninvited

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

5. bother

make nervous or agitated

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

6. bother

make confused or perplexed or puzzled

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Quotations for bother

Wicked women bother one, good women bore one. That is the only difference between them. [ Oscar Wilde, Lady Windemere's Fan ]

Ambition is like a frog sitting on a Venus Flytrap. The flytrap can bite and bite, but it won't bother the frog because it only has little tiny plant teeth. But some other stuff could happen and it could be like ambition. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

bother in Scrabble®

The word bother is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters bother:

BOTHER
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bother in Words With Friends™

The word bother is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters bother:

BOTHER
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Words within the letters of bother

2 letter words in bother (7 words)

3 letter words in bother (13 words)

4 letter words in bother (9 words)

5 letter words in bother (5 words)

6 letter words in bother (1 word)

bother + 1 blank (6 words)

Words containing the sequence bother

Words that start with bother (7 words)

Words with bother in them (2 words)

Words that end with bother (1 word)

Word Growth involving bother

Shorter words in bother

both

he her other

he the other

Longer words containing bother

bothered unbothered

bothering

botherment botherments

bothers bothersome