What is the meaning of bother?

noun

• An angry disturbance.
  • usage: "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"
  • synonyms: fuss, trouble, hassle
• 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: annoyance, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass

verb

• Take the trouble to do something; concern oneself.
  • usage: "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please"
  • synonyms: trouble oneself, trouble, inconvenience oneself
• Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations.
  • usage: "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
  • synonyms: annoy, rag, get to, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
• To cause inconvenience or discomfort to.
  • usage: "Sorry to trouble you, but..."
  • synonyms: trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode
• Intrude or enter uninvited.
  • usage: "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers"
• Make nervous or agitated.
  • usage: "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster"
• Make confused or perplexed or puzzled. .