to bother
∞
1.0
- verb
- /ˈbɑːðər/
:
molestar
- Does it bother you, what he said?
- bother people
- really bother someone
- bothered by symptoms
OK, It's going to bother you, but it's a fact.
- OK, It's going to bother you, but it's a fact.
- So this is really, you know, it should bother you and eventually it won't.
- Now, if some, if it bothers someone, that's on them, right?
- You know, people are always being bothered by text alerts and so forth.
- However, you have individuals that it's going to bother more than others.
- And then didn't that bother you how he went after Joe?
- But because itchy tags bother them and they really like soft clothing.
- If for any reason those insults, those words are bothering you, you have to speak on that.
Examples
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I know that bothers you.
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During the last month, have you often been bothered by feeling down, depressed, or hopeless?
Academic text (2015) -
OK, That is going to bother some people.
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I didn't mean to bother you.
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Then he wouldn't bother you anymore.
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During the last month, have you often been bothered by having little interest or pleasure in doing things?
Academic text (2015) -
During the past month, have you often been bothered by feeling down, depressed, or hopeless?
Academic text (2011) -
I didn't want to bother you as you're so busy.
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He just keeps bothering me everywhere I go!
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The loud music from next door really bothered me while I was trying to study.
Synonyms
362
1.0
Make someone feel sad or worried
246
1.0
Make someone slightly angry or bothered by small repeated actions
215
6.3
Annoy or upset someone gradually
174
1.8
To cause someone worry or bother
153
2.5
Make someone feel deeply worried or upset
137
3.0
Make someone feel annoyed because they cannot do something
85
3.7
To annoy someone by bothering them repeatedly
78
2.9
Make someone feel annoyed or impatient, often by repeated small actions
67
4.2
Make someone feel worried or annoyed about small things
63
6.9
Make someone annoyed, often by small things
47
4.4
To bother someone again and again
43
4.2
Annoy someone and make them angrier
43
5.8
Cause someone trouble by making things difficult for them
34
3.2
To annoy someone by asking for things again and again
25
7.1
To annoy someone with small repeated actions
11
7.0
To annoy someone by small, repeated actions
7
5.9
Make someone very annoyed by doing the same thing again and again
5
3.9
To feel a small, constant worry that bothers you
2
8.2
Cause ongoing trouble and confusion for people or things
2
6.8
To annoy or upset someone in a way that feels sharp
1
7.6
To keep someone feeling slightly worried or annoyed
A person who annoys another person by asking again and again
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
How Annoying
- NSFW
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7.2
302
4.0
34
3.2
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1.0
25
6.3
246
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bother likely comes from an old Irish word bodhar meaning 'dull' or 'deaf', or from old words for 'disturb', which gives the sense of making someone uneasy. That's why to bother someone is to 'annoy', 'worry', or 'disturb' them.