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BOTHERATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does botheration mean? 

BOTHERATION (noun)
  The noun BOTHERATION has 2 senses:

1. the psychological state of being irritated or annoyedplay

2. something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappinessplay

  Familiarity information: BOTHERATION used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOTHERATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The psychological state of being irritated or annoyed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

annoyance; botheration; irritation; vexation

Hypernyms ("botheration" is a kind of...):

mental condition; mental state; psychological condition; psychological state ((psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "botheration"):

bummer (an experience that is irritating or frustrating or disappointing)

huff; miff; seeing red (a state of irritation or annoyance)

pinprick (a minor annoyance)

impatience; restlessness (a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay)

snit (a state of agitated irritation)

Derivation:

bother (cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations)

bother (make nervous or agitated)

bother (to cause inconvenience or discomfort to)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

annoyance; bother; botheration; infliction; pain; pain in the ass; pain in the neck

Context example:

he's not a friend, he's an infliction

Hypernyms ("botheration" is a kind of...):

negative stimulus (a stimulus with undesirable consequences)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "botheration"):

nuisance ((law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive)

irritant; thorn (something that causes irritation and annoyance)

plague (an annoyance)

Derivation:

bother (cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations)

bother (make nervous or agitated)

bother (to cause inconvenience or discomfort to)


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