Thesaurus / bother
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synonyms for bother
- aggravation
- ado
- annoyance
- anxiety
- bellyache
- botheration
- bustle
- care
- concern
- difficulty
- distress
- drag
- exasperation
- flurry
- fuss
- headache
- irritant
- irritation
- molestation
- nudge
- nuisance
- pain
- perplexity
- pest
- plague
- pother
- pressure
- problem
- strain
- to-do
- trial
- trouble
- vexation
- worriment
- worry
- pain in the neck
See also synonyms for: bothered / bothering / bothers / unbothered
- aggravate
- alarm
- bore
- disgust
- dismay
- disturb
- embarrass
- exacerbate
- hinder
- hurt
- irk
- irritate
- nag
- perplex
- perturb
- plague
- scare
- torment
- trouble
- upset
- worry
- afflict
- agitate
- badger
- bedevil
- browbeat
- concern
- cross
- discommode
- disconcert
- displease
- disquiet
- distress
- eat
- exasperate
- goad
- grieve
- harry
- impede
- inconvenience
- insult
- molest
- needle
- nudge
- pain
- pester
- provoke
- pursue
- ride
- spite
- tantalize
- taunt
- tease
- vex
- carp at
- grate on
- intrude upon
- pick on
- put out
- try
- worry about
- be concerned about
- concern oneself
- exert oneself
- fuss over
- go out of one's way
- make a fuss about
- make an effort
- put oneself out
- take pains
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antonyms for bother
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- aid
- appease
- assist
- assuage
- assure
- calm
- comfort
- delight
- encourage
- gladden
- help
- make happy
- order
- please
- reassure
- relieve
- soothe
- compliment
- ease
- praise
- satisfy
- stop
- support
- ignore
- neglect
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Musk says he wants to provide a “superintelligence layer” in the human brain to help protect us from artificial intelligence, and Zuckerberg reportedly wants users to upload their thoughts and emotions over the internet without the bother of typing.
CAN MACHINES CONTROL OUR BRAINS?R. DOUGLAS FIELDSMAY 17, 2021QUANTA MAGAZINEI would go from being a charmingly eccentric bohemian to being a monstrously crass bother.
SUCH A PRETTY FACEAUBREY GORDONFEBRUARY 26, 2021VOXBut I don't suppose Weston would bother spreading the tails out when he sat down.
THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYDGreat tracts of land in this part of the State are out of date, and more bother than they are worth, anywhere.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONBaroudi would probably never think of her as Englishmen thought of her, would never "bother about" her age.
BELLA DONNAROBERT HICHENSHe ceased to bother his brain with Bascomb and his affairs, wrapping himself completely in the noble work of the roadster.
MOTOR MATT'S "CENTURY" RUNSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSAnd a drop of poteen is a wonderful thing to drive away the melancholy thoughts that haunt and bother so many of us.
THE WHALE AND THE GRASSHOPPERSEUMAS O'BRIENBut why should I bother about anything in a world like this, where everything is in such a hopeless state of confusion?
THE WHALE AND THE GRASSHOPPERSEUMAS O'BRIENBut Mother Wyandotte didn't bother about anything so high in the sky as the sun and the rooster.
SEVEN O'CLOCK STORIESROBERT GORDON ANDERSON"Oh bother," grumbled Mollie, as after their breakfast she gloomily surveyed the landscape from the cretonne-curtained window.
THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN THE SADDLELAURA LEE HOPEWORDS RELATED TO BOTHER
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.