Synonyms and Antonyms of bother
1
to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation
- I am never going to get this work done if people don't stop wandering into the room and bothering me
inconvenience, trouble
aggravate, annoy, bedevil, chafe, devil, dog, dun, exasperate, fret, gall, get, gnaw, grate, hassle, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, persecute, pique, put out, rankle, rasp, rile, roil, torment, vex, worry
beleaguer, beset, besiege
distress, plague
afflict, harass, provoke
anger, antagonize, enrage, incense, inflame (also enflame), infuriate, madden, outrage
agitate, perturb
butt in, cut in (on), obtrude
encroach, infringe, invade, trespass
disregard, forget, ignore, leave, slight
appease, conciliate, disarm, mollify, oblige, placate
delight, gladden, gratify, please, satisfy
comfort, console, content
2
to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts
- it bothers me when obviously sick people go to movies and spend the whole time coughing and sneezing
aggravate, annoy, bug, burn (up), chafe, eat, exasperate, frost, gall, get, grate, gripe, hack (off), irk, irritate, itch, nark [British], nettle, peeve, persecute, pique, put out, rasp, rile, ruffle, spite, vex
hassle, heckle
nag
inflame (also enflame), provoke, rouse
badger, bait, bullyrag (also ballyrag), devil, hagride, harass, harry, pester, plague, tease
anger, antagonize, enrage, incense, infuriate, madden, rankle, roil
agitate, discomfort, discompose, disquiet, distress, exercise, freak (out), fret, perturb, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry
affront, insult, miff, offend, outrage
