BOTHERATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

Example:

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

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The psychological state of being irritated or annoyed

Synonyms:

annoyance; botheration; irritation; vexation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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)