| noun | an angry disturbance “he didn't want to make a fuss” |
| noun | something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness “washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer” |
| verb | take the trouble to do something; concern oneself “He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday” |
| verb | cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations “Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me” |
| verb | to cause inconvenience or discomfort to “Sorry to trouble you, but...” |
| verb | intrude or enter uninvited “Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers” |
| verb | make nervous or agitated “The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster” |
| verb | make confused or perplexed or puzzled |
| bother | verb | to cause inconvenience or discomfort to |
| hassle | verb | annoy continually or chronically |
| pain | verb | cause emotional anguish or make miserable |
| trouble | noun | an effort that is inconvenient |
| annoyer | noun | someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) |
| annoyance | noun | the act of troubling or annoying someone |
| botheration | noun | the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed |
| bother | noun | something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness |
| irritation | noun | the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed |
| irritant | noun | something that causes irritation and annoyance |
| vexation | noun | the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed |
| vexer | noun | someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) |
| devilment | noun | reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others |
| deviltry | noun | reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others |
| devilry | noun | reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others |
| inconvenience | noun | the quality of not being useful or convenient |