bother
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Is bother a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.Examples: "Would it bother you if I smoked?"Synonyms: annoy, disturb, inconvenience, irritate, put out, vex, aggravate, annoytransitive
2. (transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.Synonyms: annoy, disturb, inconvenience, irritate, put out, vex, aggravate, annoyeuphemisticimperativetransitive
3. (intransitive or reflexive) To feel care or concern; to burden or inconvenience oneself out of concern.Examples: "I never bother about such trivialities."; "I wouldn't bother with an umbrella if I were you."; "To expand, without bothering about it—without shiftless timidity on one side, or loquacious eagerness on the other—to the full compass of what he would have called a "pleasant" experience, was Newman's most definite programme of life."Synonyms: care, mind, becare, bother, care, concern oneself, mind, reckintransitivereflexive
4. (intransitive, catenative) To take the trouble, to trouble oneself (to do something).Examples: "Why do I even bother to try?"Synonyms: go to the trouble, take the troublecatenativeintransitive
5. (intransitive, catenative) To take the trouble, to trouble oneself (to do something).Examples: "You didn’t even bother to close the door."Synonyms: go to the trouble, take the troublecatenativeintransitive
intj (English)
1. (dated, euphemistic) A mild expression of annoyance.Examples: "[H]e suddenly flung down his brush on the floor, said "Bother!" and "Oh blow!" and also "Hang spring-cleaning!" and bolted out of the house without even waiting to put on his coat."; ""Oh, help!" said Pooh. "I'd better go back." "Oh, bother!" said Pooh. "I shall have to go on." "I can't do either!" said Pooh. "Oh, help and bother!""Synonyms: botheration, blast, dang, darn, drat, phooey, fiddlesticksdatedeuphemistic
Definition source: Wiktionary