noun
definition
Fuss, ado.
example
There was a bit of bother at the hairdresser's when they couldn't find my appointment in the book.
definition
Trouble, inconvenience.
example
Yes, I can do that for you - it's no bother.
verb
definition
To annoy, to disturb, to irritate.
example
Would it bother you if I smoked?
definition
To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
example
Why do I even bother to try?
definition
To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
example
You didn't even bother to close the door.
interjection
definition
A mild expression of annoyance.
Examples of bother in a Sentence
I didn't even bother to ask.
Look, I'm sorry to bother you with my troubles.
And that doesn't bother you?
This does not bother you?
That man will never bother you again, he said.
Doesn't it bother you?
Cold doesn't bother me any more than it does you.
We didn't bother to argue with Quinn.
It doesn't bother me at all.
I think I'll sleep in tomorrow, so don't bother to get up early.
If you tell me to leave at the end of it, I'll never bother you again.
Don't bother to ask questions because you won't get many answers.
Do you ever bother to see if the moms want to have a baby angel in their lives?
Do you guys bother with a trial around here or do you just draw lots and send us blood thirsty killers directly over to Cañon City?
Why was she letting it bother her anyway?
He didn't bother to try to count how many were waiting for him.
Dean didn't bother to mention certain rules of evidence that looked askance at pilfered items.
I didn't bother to talk to Mrs. Samuels.
Why should we bother?
I wish it were not such a bother to move, especially as we have to do it so often!...
In celebration of Fred's return to Bird Song, Dean didn't bother to protest.
Nice cars, nice enough house, but the tour bus doesn't bother to point out their digs.
Oh, sorry, does this bother you?
Then why bother to lie about the number of people in the room?
I was never a fan of be-bop or jazz balladry, so this is the stuff to bother about.
People have tonalities that say " do n't bother me right now " and tonalities combined with facial expressions that indicate something is wrong.
A few Naturals were found every year, and he didn't bother to remember their names in an organization his size, leaving that level of detail to his most trusted men, the two regional commanders, and dozens of sector commanders worldwide.
Katie didn't bother hiding her grimace.
He didn't even bother to search his mental library under pithy, tasteless and nasty retorts.
Yup. I can't see any of the ice climbers taking Shipton seriously enough to bother to dump him.
Like why did she bother to put her dress back on after she left me?
Who would ever bother to check?
I wouldn't have danced with her if I had known it would bother you.
Troubled, Xander didn't bother taking his snack to the table but wolfed it down over the sink, too troubled to care about the mess he made.
Dean did-n't even bother to answer.
But 80% do not bother to come to court and the authorities have no power to compel attendance.
I ground a notch in the side of an old sturdy flat bladed screwdriver; don't even bother without it!
It does n't bother me at all that my college roommate is making $ 80,000 a year on Wall Street.
I ground a notch in the side of an old sturdy flat bladed screwdriver; do n't even bother without it !
She is completely shameless, and did not even bother to pretend that she was n't shouting for Hector.
North Somerset Council did n't bother to install the relevant signage in time.
Why bother going if you are going to sneer at others efforts and sacrifices !
You made a spelling mistake ' then I 'd get back under your rock not bother.
Why should choirmasters bother to set a standard of excellence?
Even better, they might seek advice ' at the highest level ' and save us the bother of all that tiresome court business.
I remember leaving a GCR trespass notice near one of the abutments of Horns Bridge viaduct as it was too common to bother with !
I do n't believe in universalism in the sense that we have no need to bother because everyone will get there in the end.
Did n't let it bother me tho, just wore the full waterproofs and boots and got on with it.
Do n't bother trying to think through what the best response would be just follow a whim, an impulse.
How often had he told him not to bother with the long winded explanations.