| Main Entry: | botheration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annoyance |
Synonyms: |
aggravation, bothering, bugging, disturbance, exasperation, harassment, hassle, headache, inconvenience, irritation, nuisance, pestering, problem, vexation |
| Main Entry: | aggravation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annoyance |
Synonyms: |
affliction, aggro, bother, botheration, difficulty, distress, exasperation, hang-up, headache, irksomeness, irritation, pain, pain in the neck, pet peeve, provocation, teasing, vexation, worry |
| Main Entry: | anxiety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worry, tension |
Synonyms: |
all-overs, angst, ants in pants, apprehension, botheration, butterflies, care, cold sweat, concern, creeps, disquiet, disquietude, distress, doubt, downer, drag*, dread, fidgets, flap, foreboding, fretfulness, fuss, goose bumps, heebie-jeebies, jitters, jumps, misery, misgiving, mistrust, nail-biting, needles, nervousness, panic, pins and needles, restlessness, shakes, shivers, solicitude, suffering, suspense, sweat*, trouble, uncertainty, unease, uneasiness, watchfulness, willies, worriment |
Antonyms: |
assurance, calmness, composure, contentment, ease, happiness, nonchalance, peace, tranquility |
| Main Entry: | bother |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble, inconvenience |
Synonyms: |
ado, aggravation, annoyance, anxiety, bellyache, botheration, bustle, care, concern, difficulty, distress, drag*, exasperation, flurry, fuss, headache, irritant, irritation, molestation, nudge, nuisance, pain, pain in the neck, perplexity, pest, plague, pother, pressure, problem, strain, to-do, trial, trouble, vexation, worriment, worry |
Antonyms: |
aid, convenience, help |
| Main Entry: | exasperation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | upset, provocation |
Synonyms: |
aggravation, anger, annoyance, besetment, bother, botheration, displeasure, exacerbation, fury, ire, irritant, irritation, nuisance, passion, pest, pique, plague, rage, resentment, vexation, wrath |
Antonyms: |
calming, calmness, comfort, ease, placation, pleasing, soothing |
| Main Entry: | nuisance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annoyance; annoying person |
Synonyms: |
besetment, blister, bore, bother, botheration, botherment, bum*, creep, drag*, drip*, exasperation, frump, gadfly, headache, inconvenience, infliction, insect*, irritant, irritation, louse, nag*, nudge*, offense, pain, pain in the neck, pest, pester, pesterer, pill, plague, poor excuse, problem, terror, trouble, vexation |
Antonyms: |
delight, happiness, pleasantry, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | pest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person or thing that presents problem |
Synonyms: |
annoyance, badgerer, bane, besetment, blight, blister, bore, bother, botheration, bug*, contagion, crashing bore, creep, curse, drag, drip, epidemic, exasperation, headache, infection, irritant, irritation, nag, nudge, nuisance, pain in the neck, pain*, pesterer, pestilence, pill, plague*, scourge*, tease*, thorn in side, tormentor, trial*, trouble, vexation, virus* |
| Main Entry: | plague |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annoyance, curse |
Synonyms: |
affliction, aggravation, bane, besetment, blast, blight, bother, botheration, calamity, cancer, evil, exasperation, hydra, irritant, nuisance, pain, pest, problem, scourge, thorn in side, torment, trial, vexation |
Antonyms: |
advantage, good fortune, good luck |
| Main Entry: | problem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficulty; bad situation |
Synonyms: |
botheration, box*, can of worms, complication, count*, crunch, dilemma, disagreement, dispute, disputed point, doubt, headache, hitch*, hot water, issue, mess*, obstacle, pickle, point at issue, predicament, quandary, question, scrape*, squeeze*, trouble, worriment |
Antonyms: |
good situation, solution |
| Main Entry: | bothering |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annoyance |
Synonyms: |
botheration, bugging, disturbance, exasperation, harassment, irritation, pestering, vexation |