What is another word for bothers?

Pronunciation: [bˈɒðəz] (IPA)

Bothers is a verb that means to cause annoyance or disturbance. Some synonyms for bothers are irks, vexes, perturbs, disquiets, and agitates. These words all describe a feeling of being annoyed or disturbed by something. Another synonym for bothers is annoys, and this word suggests a feeling of irritation caused by something. Worries, concerns, and troubles are also synonyms for bothers, but they suggest a more serious concern. Other synonyms for bothers include disturbs, upsets, and unsettles. All of these words describe a feeling of being unsettled or disturbed and can be used interchangeably with the word bothers, depending on the context in which it's used.

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Usage examples for Bothers

That bothers me the least.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Why, sometimes it bothers me to have your father around, and a man can as easily tire of his wife or sweetheart as that!
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe
What bothers me most is that I didn't bring my fiddle on shore, for sure if I had, it would have been after setting them all dancing, till they danced out of their black skins.
"Paddy Finn"
W. H. G. Kingston

Famous quotes with Bothers

  • Who bothers to cook TV dinners? I suck them frozen.
    Woody Allen
  • It's not the winter that bothers me - it's the summers.
    Walt Alston
  • Hillary Clinton bothers me a lot. I realized the other day that her thoughts sound a lot like Karl Marx. She hangs around a lot of Marxists. All her friends are Marxists.
    Dick Armey
  • I guess what bothers me so much about what I now see going on in both Washington and in Texas is an effort to keep people from finding out about the mistakes of lawmakers and then when they're uncovered, an effort to fool people and pretend there was nothing wrong.
    Chris Bell
  • It bothers me that I won't live to see the end of the century, because, when I was young, in St. Louis, I remember saying to Marilyn, my sister by adoption, that that was how long I wanted to live: seventy years.
    Harold Brodkey

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