Botheration

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Botheration \Both`er*a"tion\, n.
     The act of bothering, or state of being bothered; cause of
     trouble; perplexity; annoyance; vexation. [Colloq.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  botheration
       n 1: the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed [syn:
            {irritation}, {annoyance}, {vexation}]
       2: something or someone that causes trouble; a source of
          unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got
          a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend,
          he's an infliction" [syn: {annoyance}, {bother}, {pain}, {infliction},
           {pain in the neck}, {pain in the ass}]