Both″er (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bothered (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bothering.] [Cf. Ir. buaidhirt trouble, buaidhrim I vex.] To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.
☞ The imperative is sometimes used as an exclamation mildly imprecatory.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.