bodder

Verb

bother (third-person singular simple present bothers, present participle bothering, simple past and past participle bothered)

1. (transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
   • Would it bother you if I smoked?

   Synonyms:

   annoy, disturb, inconvenience, irritate, put out, vex, aggravate, nettle, rankle, ruffle

   1. (euphemistic, imperative, transitive) Damn; curse.
2. (intransitive, reflexive) To feel care or concern; to burden or inconvenience oneself out of concern.
   • I never bother about such trivialities.

   Synonyms:

   care, mind, becare, concern oneself, heed, reck, trouble oneself, worry

3. (catenative, intransitive) To take the trouble, to trouble oneself (to do something).
   • Why do I even bother to try?

   Synonyms:

   go to the trouble, take the trouble

   1. (catenative, intransitive) To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
      • You didn’t even bother to close the door.

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