different between bother vs misfortune
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
misfortune
English
Etymology
mis- +? fortune
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /m?s?f??t??n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /m?s?f??t?u?n/
Noun
misfortune (countable and uncountable, plural misfortunes)
- (uncountable) Bad luck.
- 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- Cycling's complex etiquette contains an unwritten rule that riders in contention for a race win should not be penalised for sheer misfortune.
- The worst tour I have ever had the misfortune to experience.
- It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training. - Ulysses S. Grant
- 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- (countable) an undesirable event such as an accident
- 1839, Charles Robert Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle., Chapter X
- The snowstorm, which was the cause of their misfortune, happened in the middle of January, corresponding to our July, and in the latitude of Durham!
- She had to come to terms with a number of misfortunes.
- 1839, Charles Robert Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle., Chapter X
Synonyms
- (bad luck): mishap, misluck, mischance, ill luck, hard luck, tough luck, luckless
- (undesirable event): adversity, nakba
Antonyms
- (bad luck): luck, good luck, fortune, good fortune
- (undesirable event): fortuity
Related terms
- misfortunate
Translations
Anagrams
- uniformest
misfortune From the web:
- what misfortune mean
- what misfortune occurs when victor is 17
- what misfortune falls on antonio
- what misfortune is portrayed in the tragedy of the commons
- what misfortunes rizal suffered in madrid
- what misfortune overtook the narrator suddenly
- what misfortune faced by lencho
- what does misfortune mean
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