Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bebother
Participle: bebothered
Gerund: bebothering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bebother |
| you | bebother |
| he;she;it | bebothers |
| we | bebother |
| you | bebother |
| they | bebother |
Perfect
| I | have bebothered |
| you | have bebothered |
| he;she;it | has bebothered |
| we | have bebothered |
| you | have bebothered |
| they | have bebothered |
Past
| I | bebothered |
| you | bebothered |
| he;she;it | bebothered |
| we | bebothered |
| you | bebothered |
| they | bebothered |
Pluperfect
| I | had bebothered |
| you | had bebothered |
| he;she;it | had bebothered |
| we | had bebothered |
| you | had bebothered |
| they | had bebothered |
Future
| I | will bebother |
| you | will bebother |
| he;she;it | will bebother |
| we | will bebother |
| you | will bebother |
| they | will bebother |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bebothered |
| you | will have bebothered |
| he;she;it | will have bebothered |
| we | will have bebothered |
| you | will have bebothered |
| they | will have bebothered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bebother |
| you | bebother |
| he;she;it | bebother |
| we | bebother |
| you | bebother |
| they | bebother |
Perfect
| I | have bebothered |
| you | have bebothered |
| he;she;it | have bebothered |
| we | have bebothered |
| you | have bebothered |
| they | have bebothered |
Imperfect
| I | bebothered |
| you | bebothered |
| he;she;it | bebothered |
| we | bebothered |
| you | bebothered |
| they | bebothered |
Pluperfect
| I | had bebothered |
| you | had bebothered |
| he;she;it | had bebothered |
| we | had bebothered |
| you | had bebothered |
| they | had bebothered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bebother |
| you | would bebother |
| he;she;it | would bebother |
| we | would bebother |
| you | would bebother |
| they | would bebother |
Perfect
| I | would have bebothered |
| you | would have bebothered |
| he;she;it | would have bebothered |
| we | would have bebothered |
| you | would have bebothered |
| they | would have bebothered |
Imperative
| you | bebother |
| we | Let's bebother |
| you | bebother |
Verbs conjugated like 'bebother'
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 'bebother'
bebathe,
begather,
bother,
brother,
beclothe,
becover,
bedote,
befeather,
befetter,
beletter,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
4. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider.
5. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi
6. Proto-Germanic *bider.
7. Proto-Germanic *bi-
8. Proto-West Germanic *bi-
9. Old English be-
10. Middle English bi-
11. English be-
12. English bother
13. English bebother
14. From be- (“thoroughly”) + bother.
Sample Sentences
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“There is brass for all. Just home, paid off—and find my wife dead—and me saddled with the yowling kid. I’m off to sea again. Don’t see no sport widering here all bebothered with a baby.” [1896, Sabine Baring-Gould, The Broom-Squire, published 1905, page 6:]
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At present I am all upside down—nohow—bebothered—& can only write this much. [1908, Edward Lear, Letters of Edward Lear to Chichester Fortescue, Lord Carlingford, and Frances, Countess Waldegrave, page 114:]
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‘[…]But above all ... above all, you are the bewitching bebothering and bewildering Evita!' [1990, Pieter-Dirk Uys, A Part Hate, A Part Love: The Biography of Evita Bezuidenhout, page 185:]
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‘Confusticate and bebother these dwarves!’ he said aloud. [1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, chapter 1, in The Hobbit:]