botheration

[both-uh-rey-shuhn]

interjection

1. (used as an exclamation indicating vexation or annoyance.)

noun

1. the act or state of bothering or the state of being bothered.

botheration

/ ˌbɒðəˈreɪʃən /

noun

1. another word for bother bother

Word History and Origins

Origin of botheration¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; bother + -ation

Example Sentences

But he never wants to stop taking the mic, at the Comedy Store or across the country, and churning his botheration into laughs.

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“Don’t ever do that to me again! That’s about all the botheration a body can stand for one day!”

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Ibrahim Shamsi, a textile exporter who intends to travel to Canada, called it “a lot of botheration.”

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"I was afraid the boy would be a botheration."

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I hope it's all honour and kudos and pleasantness, without a tax of botherations.

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