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bother
noun as in trouble, inconvenience
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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
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verb as in harass, annoy; give trouble
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aggravate, alarm, bore, disgust, dismay, disturb, embarrass, exacerbate, hinder, hurt, irk, irritate, nag, perplex, perturb, plague, scare, torment, trouble, upset, worry
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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
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verb as in take the trouble
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Example Sentences
Barbara Kepner recalled that the last day she saw her granddaughter alive, the teenager had complained about her braces bothering her.
“They didn’t believe I was a U.S. citizen or bother to check my ID,” Velez said.
"Whenever someone bothers them, they name them as the head of the Cartel de los Soles," he said in August.
Some “ghosted” creators seemed to see humor in demanding free products that were either absurdly expensive to expect or too basic to bother with.
Some in the community thought he was “crazy” for bothering with nonviolent methods.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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