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Plural of bother

regular plural

The plural of bother is bothers.

Forms of bother

Singularbother /ˈbɔðə(ɹ)/
Pluralbothers
Countablecountable and uncountable

Bothers in a sentence

  • If he bothers me again, I'll send him home with a flea in his ear.From the entry flea in one's ear
  • By right, we’re supposed to lock the room every night. By left, we only do it every Friday since no-one bothers to check.From the entry by left
  • If it bothers you, then paint around the piggy-toe to merge it into the body.2017, Kevin Richardson, “Fun with Paints!”, in God Save The King!, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2026. From the entry piggy toe
  • There's something undignified about repentance and the desire for forgiveness, something Christianoid that bothers me.2013, Arturo Fontaine, La Vida Doble. From the entry Christianoid
  • No matter how he tries to subdue the recollection, it bothers him and causes constant psychological conflict.2000, Walter McConville, Anxious in Talara, page 143. From the entry uncoöperative

Meaning of bother

  1. verb To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
  2. verb Damn; curse.
  3. verb To feel care or concern; to burden or inconvenience oneself out of concern.

Full definition of bother

Questions about the plural of bother

What is the plural of bother?
The plural of bother is bothers.
Is bother countable?
Bother is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bother (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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