bother

(noun) an angry disturbance. Synonyms: fuss, trouble, hassle. Examples: "He didn't want to make a fuss." "They had labor trouble." "A spot of bother."

(noun) something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness. Synonyms: annoyance, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass. Examples: "Washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer." "A bit of a bother." "He's not a friend, he's an infliction."

(verb) take the trouble to do something; concern oneself. Synonyms: trouble oneself, trouble, inconvenience oneself. Examples: "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday." "Don't bother, please."

(verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations. Synonyms: annoy, rag, get to, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil. Examples: "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me." "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves."

(verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to. Synonyms: trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode. Examples: "Sorry to trouble you, but...."

(verb) intrude or enter uninvited. Examples: "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers."

(verb) make nervous or agitated. Examples: "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster."

(verb) make confused or perplexed or puzzled.