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bother
Synonyms and Antonyms of bother
- The whole household was in a bother, as our overnight guests were expected to arrive any minute.
ado, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bustle, clatter, commotion, disturbance, foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoopla, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw, zoo
calm, hush, peace, quiet, quietude, rest, stillness, tranquillity (or tranquility)
- Sorry again to be a bother, but I still need help.
pain in the neck
- Returning damaged goods is a real bother.
aggravation, annoyance, bugbear, exasperation, frustration, hassle, headache, inconvenience, irk, irritant, nuisance, peeve, pest, rub, ruffle, thorn, trial, vexation
- never let his personal bothers interfere with his responsibilities at work
bother
Synonyms and Antonyms of bother
- I am never going to get this work done if people don't stop wandering into the room and bothering me!
- It bothers me when obviously sick people go to concerts and spend the whole time coughing and sneezing.
inflame (also enflame), provoke, rouse
badger, bait, bullyrag (also ballyrag), devil, hagride, harass, harry, pester, plague, tease
anger, antagonize, enrage, incense, infuriate, madden, rankle, roil
agitate, discomfort, discompose, disquiet, distress, exercise, freak (out), fret, perturb, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry
get one's goat, get on one's nerves, get to, rub the wrong way, set one's teeth on edge, stick in one's craw, wear on
- Just get the basic concept right and don't bother about the details.
give a hang (or care a hang), sweat blood
- Her child's persistent sore throat bothered her.
aggravate, anger, annoy, bug, chafe, chivy (or chivvy), exasperate, fret, gall, get, grate, harass, harry, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, pester, pique, put off, put out, rile, vex
abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, jar, mortify, nonplus, rattle, shake up
daunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, unnerve
calm, compose, quiet, settle, soothe, tranquilize (also tranquillize)
Synonym Discussion of bother
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- their constant complaining annoys us
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- vexed by her son's failure to clean his room
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- careless waste irks the boss
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- don't bother me while I'm reading
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