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bother
A	noun
	1	annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass
			something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚information ╚stimulation; stimulus; stimulant; input ╚negative stimulus ╚annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass ╚plague ╚irritant; thorn ╚nuisance
	2	fuss, trouble, bother, hassle
			an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚perturbation; disturbance ╚fuss, trouble, bother, hassle
B	verb
	1	annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
			cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
		Category Tree: displease ╚annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
	2	bother
			make confused or perplexed or puzzled
		Category Tree: make; create ╚arouse; elicit; enkindle; kindle; evoke; fire; raise; provoke ╚upset; discompose; untune; disconcert; discomfit ╚embarrass; abash ╚confuse; flurry; disconcert; put off ╚bother
	3	bother
			make nervous or agitated; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster"
		Category Tree: affect; impress; move; strike ╚disturb; upset; trouble ╚agitate; rouse; turn on; charge; commove; excite; charge up ╚bother
	4	bother
			intrude or enter uninvited; "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers"
		Category Tree: enter; come in; get into; get in; go into; go in; move into ╚intrude; irrupt ╚bother
	5	trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneself
			take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚try; seek; attempt; essay; assay ╚fight; struggle ╚tug; labor; labour; push; drive ╚strive; reach; strain ╚trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneself
	6	trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother
			to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..."
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚affect; impact; bear upon; bear on; touch on; touch ╚trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother

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