Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bother
Participle: bothered
Gerund: bothering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bother |
| you | bother |
| he;she;it | bothers |
| we | bother |
| you | bother |
| they | bother |
Perfect
| I | have bothered |
| you | have bothered |
| he;she;it | has bothered |
| we | have bothered |
| you | have bothered |
| they | have bothered |
Past
| I | bothered |
| you | bothered |
| he;she;it | bothered |
| we | bothered |
| you | bothered |
| they | bothered |
Pluperfect
| I | had bothered |
| you | had bothered |
| he;she;it | had bothered |
| we | had bothered |
| you | had bothered |
| they | had bothered |
Future
| I | will bother |
| you | will bother |
| he;she;it | will bother |
| we | will bother |
| you | will bother |
| they | will bother |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bothered |
| you | will have bothered |
| he;she;it | will have bothered |
| we | will have bothered |
| you | will have bothered |
| they | will have bothered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bother |
| you | bother |
| he;she;it | bother |
| we | bother |
| you | bother |
| they | bother |
Perfect
| I | have bothered |
| you | have bothered |
| he;she;it | have bothered |
| we | have bothered |
| you | have bothered |
| they | have bothered |
Imperfect
| I | bothered |
| you | bothered |
| he;she;it | bothered |
| we | bothered |
| you | bothered |
| they | bothered |
Pluperfect
| I | had bothered |
| you | had bothered |
| he;she;it | had bothered |
| we | had bothered |
| you | had bothered |
| they | had bothered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bother |
| you | would bother |
| he;she;it | would bother |
| we | would bother |
| you | would bother |
| they | would bother |
Perfect
| I | would have bothered |
| you | would have bothered |
| he;she;it | would have bothered |
| we | would have bothered |
| you | would have bothered |
| they | would have bothered |
Imperative
| you | bother |
| we | Let's bother |
| you | bother |
Verbs conjugated like 'bother'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bother'
brother,
fother,
mother,
other,
pother,
bathe,
batter,
bebother,
better,
bitter,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- annoy
- grotch, annoy
- make or take trouble
- care
- to cause someone to be upset or displeased
- aggravate, annoy, antagonize, bug, chap someone's hide, exasperate, get on someone's nerves, get on someone's wick, get someone's back up, get someone's dander up, get someone's goat, get someone's Irish up, get up, give someone the shits, grind one's gears, grotch, hack off, harsh one's mellow, hassle, irk, jazz, nark, peeve, provoke, put someone's back up, raise someone's hackles, rile, rub the wrong way, ruffle some feathers, ruffle someone's feathers, tick off, try one's patience, vex, wind up
- to be concerned about, to be interested in
- care, concern oneself, mind, reck, trouble oneself, worry
- pester
- distress, annoy, fuss, disturb, perplex, harass, persecute, harry
- disturb
- distress, upset, pain, grieve, trouble, perturb
- inconvenience
- discommode, disoblige
Antonyms
- inconvenience
- benefit, help, assist, suit
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
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”). See: Scots '
bauther', English '
pother'.
Verbs referencing "bother"
German, Pennsylvania
baddere, Irish
badráil.
Sample Sentences
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“ Them that's got money to spend that ar way, it's all well enough. I shall bid off on that ar boy for a plantation-hand; — wouldn't be bothered with her, no way, not if they'd give her to me, ” said Haley.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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But if you bother ' em, they'll do something. So, yeah. Lorena had some key details of that night,
(Blood & Myth)