- Types Of Speech
- You can use bother as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Bother
- A 2 syllables noun and 6 letters with the letters b, e, h, o, r, and t, 4 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters th. Bother starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters b, bo, bot, both, bothe, and the ending characters are r, er, her, ther, other, ..
- Definition
- Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "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"
- Origin/Roots
- Scots
- Compound Words
- A compound word, bother has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are bot, and her.
- Scrabble
- Is bother a scrabble word? A 11 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Bother in Pig Latin is said as "otherbay or otherbway".
- Unigram
- b | o | t | h | e | r
- Bigram
- bo | ot | th | he | er
- Trigram
- bot | oth | the | her
- Quadrigram
- both | othe | ther
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- something or someone that causes trouble;
a source of unhappiness;
"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" - an angry disturbance;
"he didn't want to make a fuss";
"they had labor trouble";
"a spot of bother"
- Verb Examples
- cause annoyance in;
disturb, especially by minor irritations;
"Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me";
"It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" - make confused or perplexed or puzzled
- make nervous or agitated;
"The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster" - intrude or enter uninvited;
"Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers" - take the trouble to do something;
concern oneself;
"He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday";
"Don't bother, please" - to cause inconvenience or discomfort to;
"Sorry to trouble you, but..."
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abash | cause to be embarrassed cause to feel self-conscious |
| Abrade | strike against an object "She stubbed her one''s toe in the dark and now it''s broken" |
| Abuse A Privilege | |
| Addle | become rotten "addled eggs" |
| Addle The Wits | |
| Ado | a rapid bustling commotion |
| Afflict | cause bodily suffering to |
| Affray | a noisy fight |
| Aggravate | make worse "This drug aggravates the pain" |
| Aggravation | action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse "the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Bother
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bother | something or someone that causes trouble a source of unhappiness "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" |
View English words with the unique letters used in bother. Words With The Letters Behort
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Anguish | extreme mental distress |
| Annoy | cause annoyance in disturb, especially by minor irritations "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me" "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" |
| Bother | something or someone that causes trouble a source of unhappiness "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" |
| Chafe | anger produced by some annoying irritation |
| Devil | a word used in exclamations of confusion "what the devil" "the deuce with it" "the dickens you say" |
| Discommode | to cause inconvenience or discomfort to "Sorry to trouble you, but..." |
| Disoblige | ignore someone''s wishes |
| Get At | |
| Get To | |
| Gravel | rock fragments and pebbles |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Negative Stimulus |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Irritant | something that causes irritation and annoyance; "he''s a thorn in my flesh" |
| Nuisance | (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive |
| Plague | an annoyance; "those children are a damn plague" |
| Thorn | something that causes irritation and annoyance; "he''s a thorn in my flesh" |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bathrobe (8 letters) | 15 +4 | 16 +5 | bathrobe | ||
| Bother (6 letters) | 11 | 11 | bother | ||
| Brother (7 letters) | 12 +1 | 12 +1 | brother | ||
| Betroth (7 letters) | 12 +1 | 12 +1 | behortt | ||
| Theorbo (7 letters) | 12 +1 | 12 +1 | theorbo |
Bother Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With B
- Ends With R
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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