different between bother vs annoyance
bother
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Scots bauther, bather (“to bother”). Origin unknown. Perhaps related to Scots pother (“to make a stir or commotion, bustle”), also of unknown origin. Compare English pother (“to poke, prod”), variant of potter (“to poke”). More at potter. Perhaps related to Irish bodhaire (“noise”), Irish bodhraim (“to deafen, annoy”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: b??-th?r, IPA(key): /?b?ð??/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): [?b?ð?(?)]
- (UK) IPA(key): [?b?ð?(?)]
- Rhymes: -?ð?(r)
- (US) IPA(key): [?b?ð?]
Verb
bother (third-person singular simple present bothers, present participle bothering, simple past and past participle bothered)
- (transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate.
- (intransitive) To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
- (intransitive) To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive or the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Synonyms
- (annoy): annoy, disturb, irritate, put out, vex; see also Thesaurus:annoy
- (make or take trouble): care, mind; see also Thesaurus:care
Derived terms
- bebother
Translations
References
Noun
bother (countable and uncountable, plural bothers)
- Fuss, ado.
- There was a bit of bother at the hairdresser's when they couldn't find my appointment in the book.
- Trouble, inconvenience.
- Yes, I can do that for you - it's no bother.
Synonyms
- (fuss, ado): See also Thesaurus:commotion
- (trouble, inconvenience): See also Thesaurus:nuisance
Derived terms
- bothersome
- spot of bother
Translations
Interjection
bother!
- A mild expression of annoyance.
- 1926, A A Milne, Winnie the Pooh, Methuen & Co., Ltd., Chapter 2 ...in which Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place:
- "Oh, help!" said Pooh. "I'd better go back."
- "Oh, bother!" said Pooh. "I shall have to go on."
- "I can't do either!" said Pooh. "Oh, help and bother!"
- 1926, A A Milne, Winnie the Pooh, Methuen & Co., Ltd., Chapter 2 ...in which Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place:
Synonyms
- botheration, blast, dang (US), darn, drat, phooey, fiddlesticks
Translations
Related terms
- be bothered
- bothered
- bothersome
Anagrams
- boreth
bother From the web:
- what bothers percy about the oracle’s prophecy
- what bothered siddhartha
- what bothers winston
- what bothers holden about the speech class
- what bothers hamlet about his character
- what bothers simon in chapter 6
- what bothers winston 1984
- what bothers simon in chapter 6
annoyance
English
Alternative forms
- annoyaunce (obsolete)
- annoying (obsolete)
- annoyment (nonstandard)
Etymology
From Middle English anoiaunce, from Old French anuiance, anoiance, from the verb anuier (“to cause problems”). Compare French ennui.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n???ns/
Noun
annoyance (countable and uncountable, plural annoyances)
- (countable) That which annoys.
- (countable) An act or instance of annoying.
- (uncountable) The psychological state of being annoyed or irritated.
Synonyms
- nark
Translations
annoyance From the web:
- what annoyance mean
- annoyance what does it mean
- annoyance what is the definition
- what causes annoyance
- what do annoyance mean
- what is annoyance onset psychosis
- what is annoyance anger
- what does annoyance
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