Phrase Hound found 5 phrases and 11 compound words that contain bother. The most common are listed below. Open bother in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 5
- Why Bother
- spot of botherA slight problem; a small predicament.
- father-bother mergerA phonemic merger in English of the vowels /ɑː/ (as in father) and /ɒ/ (as in bother).
- spots of botherplural of spot of bother: A slight problem; a small predicament.
- not a bother on someoneSomeone is fine; all is well with someone.
Compound words 11
- bothersomeCausing trouble, annoyance, inconvenience, irritation, or perplexity.
- botherlessFree from bother or difficulty.
- botheranceSomething that bothers; bother, annoyance, nuisance
- bothermentbother; annoyance
- botherationA mild expression of annoyance or exasperation: bother!
- botherateTo bother.
- botheratedsimple past and past participle of botherate
- botherdersplural of botherder: A malicious hacker who controls a botnet.
- botherersplural of botherer: Agent noun of bother; one who bothers.
- botheringsplural of bothering: present participle and gerund of bother