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| Main Entry: | bother |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble, inconvenience |
| Synonyms: | ado, aggravation, annoyance, anxiety, bellyache*, bustle, care, concern, difficulty, distress, drag*, exasperation, flurry, fuss, headache*, irritant, irritation, nudge, nuisance, pain, pain in the neck*, pest, plague, pother*, pressure, problem, strain, to-do*, trial, trouble, vexation, worry, botheration, molestation, perplexity, worriment |
| Antonyms: | aid, convenience, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bother |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harass, annoy; give trouble |
| Synonyms: | afflict, aggravate, agitate, alarm, badger, bedevil, bore, browbeat, concern, cross, discommode, disconcert, disgust, dismay, displease, disquiet, distress, disturb, eat, embarrass, exacerbate, exasperate, goad, grieve, harry, hinder, hurt, impede, inconvenience, insult, irk, irritate, molest, nag, needle, nudge, pain, perplex, perturb, pester, pick on, plague, provoke, pursue, put out, ride, scare, spite, tantalize, taunt, tease, torment, trouble, upset, vex, worry, carp at, grate on, intrude upon |
| Antonyms: | aid, help, please |
| Main Entry: | bother |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take the trouble |
| Synonyms: | be concerned about, concern oneself, exert oneself, fuss over, go out of one's way, make a fuss about, make an effort, put oneself out, take pains, try, worry about |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | accost |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | approach for conversation or solicitation |
| Synonyms: | address, annoy, bother, brace*, call, challenge, confront, cross, dare, entice, face, flag, greet, hail, proposition, salute, welcome, buttonhole*, run into, whistle for |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge, evade, ignore, scorn, shun |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ado |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fuss |
| Synonyms: | bother, confusion, excitement, flurry, hubbub, to-do*, travail, trouble, turmoil |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | afflict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause or become hurt |
| Synonyms: | agonize, annoy, beset, bother, burden, crucify, distress, grieve, harass, harry, irk, lacerate, martyr, oppress, pain, pester, plague, press, rack, smite, strike, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex, worry, wound, harrow |
| Notes: | afflict is generally used with living beings; inflict is generally used with inanimate objects inflict takes 'on,' afflict takes 'with' |
| Antonyms: | aid, comfort, help, solace, stay away from, take care of |
| Main Entry: | ail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurt |
| Synonyms: | afflict, annoy, bother, distress, pain, sicken, trouble, upset |
| Main Entry: | annoy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | irritate, upset |
| Synonyms: | abrade, agitate, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, bore, bother, break, bug, chafe, displease, distress, disturb, egg on*, exasperate, gall, get, gnaw, harass, harry, henpeck, irk, madden, miff, nag, needle, nettle, nudge, peeve, perturb, pester, plague, provoke, push button, ride, rile, ruffle, tease, trouble, turn off*, vex, worry, T-off, ask for it, be at, be on the back of, burn up, fire up, heat up, hit where one lives, make waves, tick off*, work on |
| Antonyms: | aid, gratify, please, soothe, make happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bad news |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble |
| Synonyms: | bind, bother, concern, danger, difficulty, dilemma, dire straits, disappointment, distress, grief, headache*, hindrance, hot water, inconvenience, mess, misfortune, nuisance, pain, predicament, problem, struggle, torment, woe, deep trouble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | befuddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
| Synonyms: | baffle, bewilder, bother, daze, distract, dumbfound, fluster, inebriate, mix up, muddle, puzzle, shake, stupefy, throw off*, addle, ball up, disorient, intoxicate, make punchy |
| Antonyms: | clear up, explain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beleaguer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harass, besiege |
| Synonyms: | annoy, badger, bedevil, beset, blockade, bother, gnaw, harry, nag, persecute, pester, plague, storm, tease, vex, worry, put upon, set upon, siege |
| Main Entry: | bore |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nuisance |
| Synonyms: | bother, bromide, bummer*, creep*, downer*, drag*, drip*, headache, nag, nudge, pain, pain in the neck*, pest, pill*, soporific, stuffed shirt*, wet blanket*, wimp*, yawn*, deadhead, dull person, flat tire, tedious person, tiresome person |
| Antonyms: | pleasure, charmer, exciter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | burden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encumber, strain |
| Synonyms: | afflict, bother, crush, depress, dish out*, encumber, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, load, obligate, oppress, overcharge, overload, overwhelm, pile, press, snow*, strain, tax, trouble, try, vex, weigh down, worry, bear down on, cumber, dish it out, dump on, give it to, lade, make heavy, saddle with, snow under, stick it to |
| Antonyms: | aid, help, relieve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | butt in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | meddle |
| Synonyms: | barge in, bother, burst in, charge in, chisel in, cut in, disturb, get into the act, interject, interrupt, intrude, muscle in, pester, poke one's face in, pry, put one's two cents in |
| Main Entry: | carp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | nag |
| Synonyms: | bother, cavil, censure, complain, criticize, fuss, grumble, knock, nitpick*, objurgate, pan, peck*, quibble, reproach, find fault, hypercriticize, pick at |
| Antonyms: | ignore, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discomfit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat, frustrate; confuse |
| Synonyms: | abash, annoy, baffle, balk, beat, bother, checkmate, confound, demoralize, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disturb, embarrass, faze, fluster, foil, irk, outwit, overcome, perplex, perturb, prevent, rattle, ruffle, thwart, unsettle, upset, vex, worry, worst, take aback, trump |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | discommode |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | annoy |
| Synonyms: | bother, burden, disoblige, disquiet, disturb, fluster, harass, inconvenience, irk, molest, perturb, put out, trouble, upset, vex, incommode |
| Antonyms: | please, make happy |
| Main Entry: | discompose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | provoke, agitate |
| Synonyms: | annoy, bewilder, bother, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, dismay, disorganize, displease, disquiet, disturb, embarrass, faze, flurry, fluster, harass, harry, irk, irritate, nettle, perplex, perturb, pester, plague, rattle, ruffle, unhinge, unsettle, upset, vex, worry, discombobulate |
| Antonyms: | calm, compose, soothe |
| Main Entry: | disgust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause aversion; repel |
| Synonyms: | abominate, be repulsive, bother, cloy on, disenchant, displease, disturb, fill with loathing, gross out, insult, irk, make one sick, nauseate, offend, offend morals of, outrage, pall, pique, put off, reluct, repulse, revolt, scandalize, shock, sicken, surfeit, turn off, turn one's stomach, upset |
| Antonyms: | admire, appeal, desire, esteem, like, love, respect, revere |
| Main Entry: | dismay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disappoint, fill with consternation |
| Synonyms: | abash, affright, agitate, alarm, appall, bewilder, bother, chill, confound, daunt, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, disillusion, disquiet, distress, disturb, dumbfound, embarrass, faze, flummox*, fluster, foul up*, frighten, horrify, mess up*, mystify, nonplus, paralyze, perplex, put off, puzzle, rattle, scare, screw up*, shake, snafu*, terrify, terrorize, throw, unhinge*, unnerve, upset, dispirit, get to, louse up, muck up*, take aback, throw into a tizzy |
| Antonyms: | assure, encourage, make happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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