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UK
/bˌɒðəɹˈeɪʃən/
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NOUN
- the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
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something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
a bit of a bother
he's not a friend, he's an infliction
washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer
How To Use botheration In A Sentence
- botheration," and that Pallas folk are going to "have their own" again, as was once said of a Stuart king, who did not get it nevertheless. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.
- To cap it all, the ombudsman ordered the DTI to apologise and to pay compensation "for the expense and botheration they have been caused".
- Oh botheration! I can't find my keys anywhere.
- You have a vague sensation of a vague sensation, and you know that while this is a minor botheration, you will feel immensely relieved when it's concluded.
- This can be considered as a great advantage as it reduces your botheration in relation to the claims, along with saving your time.
- At the same time, the ones with defective hearts are the personnel who blindly and stupidly treat the passengers as an inconvenience and botheration. I Declare Myself a No-Fly Zone
- The others, having reached the door, turned round, and finding that the youth did not follow them, one of them called to him with a tone of some authority; whereupon the young man rose, and, pronouncing half audibly the word "botheration," rose and followed them. Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest
- But it is lot of botheration to cook breakfast so early in the morning.
- The only botheration was that he did not stand to gain much by doing well in the Masters.
- Being injury prone was a big botheration as he acquired a reputation of being unfit.