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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed;
[syn: irritation, annoyance, vexation, botheration]

2. something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness;
- Example: "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"
- Example: "a bit of a bother"
- Example: "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"
[syn: annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Botheration \Both`er*a"tion\, n. The act of bothering, or state of being bothered; cause of trouble; perplexity; annoyance; vexation. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

botheration n 1: the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed [syn: irritation, annoyance, vexation, botheration] 2: 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" [syn: annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass]