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bother
Overview of noun bother
The noun bother has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
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")
Overview of verb bother
The verb bother has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (18) 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. (16) 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. (8) 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)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bother
2 senses of bother
Sense 1
fuss, trouble, bother, hassle
=> perturbation, disturbance
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass
=> negative stimulus
=> stimulation, stimulus, stimulant, input
=> information
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun bother
1 of 2 senses of bother
Sense 2
annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass
=> nuisance
=> irritant, thorn
=> plague
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bother
2 senses of bother
Sense 1
fuss, trouble, bother, hassle
=> perturbation, disturbance
Sense 2
annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass
=> negative stimulus
Antonyms of noun bother
Member Holonyms of noun bother
Substance Holonyms of noun bother
Part Holonyms of noun bother
Member Meronyms of noun bother
Substance Meronyms of noun bother
Part Meronyms of noun bother
Meronyms of noun bother
Holonyms of noun bother
Attributes of noun bother
Derived Forms of noun bother
2 senses of bother
Sense 1
fuss, trouble, bother, hassle
RELATED TO>(verb) bother#3
=> trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother
Sense 2
annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass
RELATED TO>(verb) bother#2
=> annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
Domain of noun bother
Domain Terms of noun bother
Familiarity of noun bother
bother used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun bother
2 senses of bother
Sense 1
fuss, trouble, bother, hassle
> perturbation, disturbance
=> fuss, trouble, bother, hassle
=> magnetic storm
Sense 2
annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass
> negative stimulus
=> annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass
=> aversive stimulus
=> concern, worry, headache, vexation
=> grief, sorrow
Meronyms of noun bother
2 senses of bother
Holonyms of noun bother
Grep of noun bother
bother
botheration
Antonyms of verb bother
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bother
6 senses of bother
Sense 1
trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneself
=> strive, reach, strain
=> tug, labor, labour, push, drive
=> fight, struggle
=> try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
=> act, move
Sense 2
annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
=> displease
Sense 3
trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 4
bother
=> intrude, irrupt
=> enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into
Sense 5
bother
=> agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up
=> disturb, upset, trouble
=> affect, impress, move, strike
Sense 6
bother
=> confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off
=> embarrass, abash
=> upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
=> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
=> make, create
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb bother
1 of 6 senses of bother
Sense 2
annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
=> get, get under one's skin
=> eat into, fret, rankle, grate
=> peeve
=> ruffle
=> fret
=> harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
=> antagonize, antagonise
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bother
6 senses of bother
Sense 1
trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneself
=> strive, reach, strain
Sense 2
annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
=> displease
Sense 3
trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
Sense 4
bother
=> intrude, irrupt
Sense 5
bother
=> agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up
Sense 6
bother
=> confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off
'Cause To' of verb bother
Derived Forms of verb bother
3 of 6 senses of bother
Sense 2
annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
RELATED TO>(noun) botheration#1
=> irritation, annoyance, vexation, botheration
RELATED TO>(noun) botheration#2
=> annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass
RELATED TO>(noun) bother#2
=> annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass
Sense 3
trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother
RELATED TO>(noun) botheration#1
=> irritation, annoyance, vexation, botheration
RELATED TO>(noun) botheration#2
=> annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass
RELATED TO>(noun) bother#1
=> fuss, trouble, bother, hassle
Sense 5
bother
RELATED TO>(noun) botheration#1
=> irritation, annoyance, vexation, botheration
RELATED TO>(noun) botheration#2
=> annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass
Domain of verb bother
Domain Terms of verb bother
Familiarity of verb bother
bother used as a verb is common (polysemy count =6)
Sample Sentences of verb bother
6 senses of bother
Sense 1
trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneself
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Sense 2
annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 3
trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 4
bother
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 5
bother
EX: The bad news will bother him
EX: The performance is likely to bother Sue
Sense 6
bother
EX: The bad news will bother him
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb bother
6 senses of bother
Sense 1
trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneself
> strive, reach, strain
=> extend oneself
=> kill oneself, overexert oneself
=> trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneself
Sense 2
annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
> displease
=> annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
=> repel, repulse
=> dissatisfy
Sense 3
trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother
> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> strike a blow
=> repercuss
=> tell on
=> redound
=> stimulate, excite
=> process, treat
=> hydrolize, hydrolise
=> tinge, color, colour, distort
=> queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril
=> hit, strike
=> subject
=> trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother
=> influence, act upon, work
=> slam-dunk
Sense 4
bother
> intrude, irrupt
=> break in
=> bother
=> barge in, crash, gate-crash
=> move in on
Sense 5
bother
> agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up
=> hype up, psych up
=> bother
=> pother
=> electrify
Sense 6
bother
> confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off
=> fluster
=> bother
=> distract, deflect
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb bother
Sense 5
bother
=> agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up
Sense 6
bother
=> confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off
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Sense 1
trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneself
=> strive, reach, strain
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Sense 2
annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
=> displease
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Sense 3
trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
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Sense 4
bother
=> intrude, irrupt
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Grep of verb bother
bother
Grep of adj bother
bothered
bothersome
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