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bothering
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bothering
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annoyance |
| Synonyms: | botheration, bugging, disturbance, exasperation, harassment, irritation, pestering, vexation |
| 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: | harassment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | badgering |
| Synonyms: | aggravation, annoyance, bedevilment, bother, bothering, disturbance, exasperation, hassle, irking, irritation, molestation, nuisance, persecution, perturbation, pestering, provocation, provoking, torment, trouble, vexation, vexing |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, facilitation, furtherance, help, support |
| Main Entry: | provocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incitement, stimulus |
| Synonyms: | affront, annoyance, bothering, brickbat, casus belli, cause, challenge, dare, defy, grabber, grievance, grounds, harassment, incentive, indignity, inducement, injury, instigation, insult, irking, justification, motivation, offense, provoking, reason, taunt, vexation, vexing |
| Antonyms: | prevention, repression, suppression |
| Main Entry: | teasing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pestering |
| Synonyms: | badgering, bothering, disturbing, exasperating, harassing, irritating, joking, kidding, mocking, plaguing, provoking, ribbing, taunting, tickling, tormenting, vexing |
| Antonyms: | comforting, praising, regaling |
| Main Entry: | botheration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annoyance |
| Synonyms: | aggravation, bothering, bugging, disturbance, exasperation, harassment, hassle, headache, inconvenience, irritation, nuisance, pestering, problem, vexation |
| Main Entry: | pestering |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annoyance |
| Synonyms: | anger, botheration, bothering, discontent, displeasure, distress, exasperation, frustration, harassment, indignation, irascibility, irritation, pique, provocation, unhappiness, vexation |
| Main Entry: | ribbing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | teasing |
| Synonyms: | badgering, badinage, banter, bothering, chaff, disturbing, exasperating, harassing, irritating, joking, kidding, mocking, plaguing, provoking, raillery, taunt, taunting, tickling, tormenting, vexing |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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