Bothered vs Bother - What's the difference?

Bother is a related term of bothered.

is that bothered is past tense of bother while bother is to annoy, to disturb, to irritate.

is caused to show discomposure.

fuss, ado.

a mild expression of annoyance.

(en adjective)

Caused to show discomposure

(head)

(bother)

(en verb)

To annoy, to disturb, to irritate.

Would it bother you if I smoked?

To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.

Why do I even bother to try?

* Henry James

without bothering about it

To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.

You didn't even bother to close the door.

* (annoy, disturb ): annoy, disturb, irritate, put out, vex * See also

* This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive'' or the ''gerund (-ing) . See

Fuss, ado.

There was a bit of bother at the hairdresser's when they couldn't find my appointment in the book.

* '>citation

Trouble, inconvenience.

Yes, I can do that for you - it's no bother .

A mild expression of annoyance.

* 1926 , A A Milne, Winnie the Pooh'', Methuen & Co., Ltd., Chapter 2 ''...in which Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place :

"Oh, help!" said Pooh. "I'd better go back."

"Oh, bother !" said Pooh. "I shall have to go on."

"I can't do either!" said Pooh. "Oh, help and bother !"

* blast, dang (US ), darn