bother

Noun

• 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
    

• an angry disturbance
  • he didn't want to make a fuss
    
  • they had labor trouble
    
  • a spot of bother
    

Verb

• make confused or perplexed or puzzled

• make nervous or agitated
  • The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster
    

• intrude or enter uninvited
  • Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers
    

• to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
  • Sorry to trouble you, but...
    

• 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
    

• take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
  • He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday
    
  • Don't bother, please
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  annoyance , botheration , pain , infliction , pain in the neck , pain in the ass , fuss , trouble , hassle , put out , inconvenience , disoblige , discommode , incommode , trouble oneself , inconvenience oneself