noun
- The psychological state of being irritated or annoyed.
- synonyms: irritation, vexation, botheration
- Anger produced by some annoying irritation.
- An unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating.
- synonyms: aggravator
- Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass
- The act of troubling or annoying someone.
- synonyms: annoying, irritation, vexation
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