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Botheration

noun
1.
The psychological state of being irritated or annoyed.  Synonyms: annoyance, irritation, vexation.
2.
Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness.  Synonyms: annoyance, bother, infliction, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck.  "A bit of a bother" , "He's not a friend, he's an infliction"





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"Botheration" Quotes from Famous Books



... be some mistake," said Grace. "I'll show you the books. Mr. Mauleverer keeps one himself, and leaves one with me. Oh, botheration, there's the Grey carriage! Well, you go and receive them, and I'll try to pacify Mrs. Rossitur, and then ...
— The Clever Woman of the Family • Charlotte M. Yonge
... rather is at present that the gibbetless thief at New York, will beat us after all! Never mind if be do. To say truth, I myself shall almost be glad: there has been a botheration in this anxious arrangement of parts correcting of scrawly manuscript copies of what you never wished to read more, and insane terror withal of having your own Manuscript burnt or lost,—that has exceeded my computation. Not to speak ...
— The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. • Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson


Words linked to "Botheration" :   plague, thorn, snit, mental state, restlessness, psychological state, mental condition, huff, impatience, miff, irritant, negative stimulus, bummer, pinprick, psychological condition, seeing red, nuisance


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