bother

Meanings

Verb

  • To annoy, to disturb, to irritate.
  • To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
  • To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.

Noun

Interjection

  • A mild expression of annoyance.

Related

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Origin

  • , bather. Origin unknown. Perhaps related to Scots pother, also of unknown origin. Compare English pother, variant of potter. More at potter. Perhaps related to Irish bodhaire, Irish bodhraim.

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