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BOTHER [both-er] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
bother [both-er]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: trouble, inconvenience
Synonyms: ado, aggravation, annoyance, anxiety, bellyache, botheration, bustle, care, concern, difficulty, distress, drag*, exasperation, flurry, fuss, headache, irritant, irritation, molestation, nudge, nuisance, pain, pain in the neck, perplexity, pest, plague, pother, pressure, problem, strain, to-do, trial, trouble, vexation, worriment, worry
Antonyms: aid, convenience, help
Main Entry: bother
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: take the trouble
Synonyms: 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, try, worry about
Antonyms: ignore, neglect
Main Entry: abomination
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: object of extreme dislike, hate
Synonyms: anathema, aversion, bother, curse, detestation, evil, horror, nuisance, plague, shame, torment
Antonyms: beauty, blessing, delight, enjoyment, esteem, joy, love, treat
Example Sentences
  • It doesn't bother me that they use the info to place targeted ads.
  • Why bother learning what you are doing when your co-workers will range from mediocre to down-right incompetent.
  • Why that should be is one of those questions that is so obvious that people rarely bother to ask it.
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Main Entry: accost
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: approach for conversation or solicitation
Synonyms: address, annoy, bother, brace*, buttonhole, call, challenge, confront, cross, dare, entice, face, flag, greet, hail, proposition, run into, salute, welcome, whistle for
Antonyms: avoid, dodge, evade, ignore, scorn, shun
Main Entry: ado
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fuss
Synonyms: bother, confusion, excitement, flurry, hubbub, to-do, travail, trouble, turmoil
Main Entry: afflict
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cause or become hurt
Synonyms: agonize, annoy, beset, bother, burden, crucify, distress, grieve, harass, harrow, harry, irk, lacerate, martyr, oppress, pain, pester, plague, press, rack, smite, strike, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex, worry, wound
Notes: afflict is generally used with living beings; inflict is generally used with inanimate objects
inflict takes 'on,' afflict takes 'with'
Antonyms: aid, comfort, help, solace, stay away from, take care of
Main Entry: aggravate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: annoy
Synonyms: be at, be on the back of, bother, bug, bum*, dog, drive up the wall, exasperate, gall, get, get on one's nerves, get to, give a hard time, grate, hack, irk, irritate, nag, needle, nettle, peeve, pester, pick on, pique, provoke, tease, vex, wig
Antonyms: appease, gladden, make happy, mollify, soften
Main Entry: aggravation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: annoyance
Synonyms: affliction, aggro, bother, botheration, difficulty, distress, exasperation, hang-up, headache, irksomeness, irritation, pain, pain in the neck, pet peeve, provocation, teasing, vexation, worry
Main Entry: ail
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hurt
Synonyms: afflict, annoy, bother, distress, pain, sicken, trouble, upset
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