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, bother, 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"
- To cause inconvenience or discomfort to.
- usage: "Sorry to trouble you, but..."
- synonyms: trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother
- Intrude or enter uninvited.
- usage: "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers"
- synonyms: bother
- Make nervous or agitated.
- usage: "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster"
- synonyms: bother
- Make confused or perplexed or puzzled.
- synonyms: bother
adjective
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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