| 单词 | botheration |
| 释义 | botheration (once / 41913 pages) n Botheration is a state of annoyance or worry. It can also be a source of worry or irritation. Lots of things in life are annoying, troubling, or worrisome: in other words, life is full of botheration. This folksy word can apply to anything that bugs you, like getting up early or stubbing your toe. When things are bothering you, you're in a state of botheration, which is like irritation or vexation. One form of botheration usually leads to the other: the more botherations (annoyances) in your life, the greater your botheration (state of annoyance). WORD FAMILYbotheration: botherations+/bother: botheration, bothered, bothering, bothers, bothersome/bothersome: bothersomely USAGE EXAMPLESIbrahim Shamsi, a textile exporter who intends to travel to Canada, called it “a lot of botheration.” New York Times(May 10, 2014) "I was afraid the boy would be a botheration." Strang, Herbert, Samba—A Story of the Rubber Slaves...(2012) I hope it's all honour and kudos and pleasantness, without a tax of botherations. James, Henry, The Letters of Henry James (volume...(2012) 1n the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed Syn|Hypo|Hyper annoyance, irritation, vexation bummer an experience that is irritating or frustrating or disappointing huff, miff, seeing reda state of irritation or annoyance pinpricka minor annoyance impatience, restlessnessa lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay snita state of agitated irritation 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 2n something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness Syn|Hypo|Hyper annoyance, bother, infliction, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck 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, thornsomething that causes irritation and annoyance plaguean annoyance abatable nuisancea nuisance that can remedied (suppressed or extinguished or rendered harmless) attractive nuisanceanything on your premises that might attract children into danger or harm mixed nuisancea nuisance that is both a public nuisance and a private nuisance at the same time private nuisancea nuisance that interferes with your interest in and private use and enjoyment of your land common nuisance, public nuisancea nuisance that unreasonably interferes with a right that is common to the general public negative stimulus a stimulus with undesirable consequences |
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