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bother verb To confuse, upset (someone).

1926 Hunnicutt Twenty Years 51 Old Muse trailed up the creek to the falls and there she got bothered very badly. 1940 Haun Hawk’s Done 35 I somehow didn’t feel all bothered up inside. 1954 GSMNP-19:6 I’ve never exactly been lost, but I’ve been bothered for two or three days a few time.

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