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Meanings of bother in English

Portuguese
contrariedade
Catalan
enutjament
Spanish
molestia

Something which annoys.

contrariedade
Catalan
lata
Spanish
lata

An angry disturbance.

lata
Portuguese
importunar
Catalan
amoïnar
Spanish
provocar

To make someone rather angry or impatient; to cause annoyance.

importunar
Portuguese
incomodar
Catalan
amoïnar
Spanish
fastidiar

To cause inconvenience or discomfort to.

incomodar
Synonyms
Examples for "disoblige"
Examples for "disoblige"
1
That is a main point of prudence, Mr. Trevor; never disoblige your superiors.
The Adventures of Hugh Trevor
2
And if I disoblige not you, that is all I wish.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 9
3
I am not to be bribed to silence, when you really disoblige me.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2
4
But rather than disoblige, I'll take it at whatever you please.
Tales and Novels — Volume 07 / Patronage [part 1]
5
There's not one of that seven would care to disoblige him.
Audrey
Usage of bother in English
1
It's the increasing number of extreme weather events that directly bother pets.
Independent.ie
2
They probably won't even bother to question her, she's so far gone.
Catching Fire
3
The emissary didn't bother to wait for an answer to his question.
Shadow prowler
4
Strictly speaking, I should not have used the word 'bother', should I?
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
5
I'm sorry to bother you, but I need to ask you something.
Keeper: one house, three generations, and a journey into alzheim...
6
That icy water doesn't seem to bother them a bit, Lisa said.
Down river
7
Fewer still bother to visit the college or talk to current students.
The Irish Times
8
A lot of young people won't bother voting in the forthcoming election.
The Guardian
9
The question was so rhetorical that Stormgren didn't bother to answer it.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
10
Zuckerberg didn't have a good answer, though that didn't bother him much.
The facebook effect: the inside story of the company that is con...
11
It's worth asking whether the green deal is worth all the bother.
Reuters
12
She didn't bother going home first, as it was already late afternoon.
Ahsoka
13
Some 60 per cent of the electorate did not bother to vote.
The Irish Times
14
There's a new directive they didn't bother to tell us about before.
The Forever War
15
Vaylo did not bother to point out the two problems with this.
Watcher of the Dead
16
Jenny didn't bother to answer, just clicked off and got to work.
You can't stop me
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Translations for bother
Bother through the time
Bother across language varieties
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Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
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