Search results for 'bother':

bother verb (bothered, bothering) 1 to annoy, worry or trouble someone. 2 tr & intr (usually bother about something; sometimes bother one's head about something) to worry about it • I'm bothered about the cost. 3 intrans (especially bother about or with something) to take the time or trouble to do it or consider it, etc • Don't bother to see me out • We never bother with convention here • I don't want to bother about cooking today. noun 1 a minor trouble or worry. 2 a person or thing that causes bother. exclamation, mainly Brit expressing slight annoyance or impatience. I, they, etc cannot be bothered I, they, etc consider something to be too much trouble. I, they, etc cannot be bothered with something or someone I, they, etc find it or them very annoying or tiresome.
ETYMOLOGY: 18c: perhaps from Irish bodhair to annoy.