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botheration

Syllables: bo·ther·a·tion/ˌbɒðəˈɹeɪʃn̩/US/ˌbɑðəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/

botheration interjection: a mild expression of annoyance or exasperation: bother!

Interjection

(originally Ireland, dated, often humorous)

  1. (dated, humorous, often) A mild expression of annoyance or exasperation: bother!
    • "Botheration ! Who cares ? Why don't you ask if [our ancestors] carried pocket-books ?"1891, “A Live Issue”, in Puck, page 5
    • Botheration! How she had crumpled her skirt, kneeling in that idiotic way.1918, Katherine Mansfield, "Prelude" in Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback, 2002, p. 120

Noun

botheration (countable and uncountable, plural botherations)

  1. (dated, humorous, often, uncountable) The state of being bothered; annoyance, vexation.
    • I write in great haste & with a head full of botheration about various projected works …1803, William Blake, Letter to his brother James Blake dated 30 January, 1803, in The Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David V. Erdman, New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1970, p. 696
    • [...] I am determined to be peevish after my long day's botheration.1859, Charles Dickens, chapter 21, in A Tale of Two Cities
  2. (countable, dated, humorous, often) An act of bothering or annoying.
  3. (countable, dated, humorous, often) A person or thing that causes bother, inconvenience, trouble, etc.
    • [...] the by-products and botherations that go with pleasures make it hardly worth it. Sex is supposedly life's greatest pleasure and look what it gives you.1954, Peter De Vries, chapter 6, in The Tunnel of Love, New York: Popular Library, page 63
    Synonyms:
    nuisance

botheration meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Odia

botheration in Tamil

தொல்லை, நச்சரிப்பு, குடைச்சல், உபாதை

botheration in Urdu

عذاب, روگ, زحمت

botheration in Kannada

ತೊಂದರೆ

botheration in Odia

botheration
ହରକତ୍ harakat

Examples of botheration in a sentence

  • "Blast and botheration!" exclaimed Digory.1955, C. S. Lewis, chapter 3, in The Magician's Nephew, Collins, published 1998:
  • He was better off without his daily dose of world botheration, sham happenings, without newspaper phrases.1982, Saul Bellow, chapter 4, in The Dean's December, New York: Pocket Books, published 1983, page 59:

Synonyms of botheration

All synonyms of botheration

Forms of botheration

pluralbotherations

Origin of botheration

From bother + -ation (suffix indicating an action or process, or its result).

Words that rhyme with botheration

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Questions about botheration

What does botheration mean?
Botheration means a mild expression of annoyance or exasperation: bother!
What is botheration in Tamil?
Botheration in Tamil is தொல்லை, நச்சரிப்பு, குடைச்சல். See Botheration meaning in Tamil.
How do you use botheration in a sentence?
"Blast and botheration!" exclaimed Digory.
What part of speech is botheration?
Botheration can be an interjection or a noun.
How do you pronounce botheration?
Botheration is pronounced /ˌbɒðəˈɹeɪʃn̩/ (UK).

Words near botheration in the dictionary

  1. botherances
  2. botherate
  3. botherated
  4. botherates
  5. botherating
  6. botheration
  7. botherations
  8. botherder
  9. botherders
  10. bothered
  11. bothered one's arse

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Adapted from Wiktionary: botheration (page history and authors); botheration (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); botheration (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); botheration (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ହରକତ୍ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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