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Noun: botheration  ,bó-dhu'rey-shun
Usage: informal
  1. The psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
    "The constant botheration of telemarketers made him unplug his phone";
    - irritation, annoyance, vexation
     
  2. Something or someone that causes annoyance, inconvenience, or makes life more difficult
    "The constant construction noise became a major botheration";
    - annoyance, bother, pain, infliction, pain in the neck [informal], nuisance, irritation
Interjection: botheration  ,bó-dhu'rey-shun
  1. Exclamation of annoyance
    "botheration ...They won't stop me from having what I want"";
    - blast, bother [Brit], bummer [informal], curses, dang [N. Amer, informal], damn, damnation, dammit [informal], damn it [informal], darn [informal], dash [Brit, informal], deuce [informal], durn [US, dialect], drat [informal], hang [informal], sugar [informal], tarnation [N. Amer, informal], shoot [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: botherations

Type of: mental condition, mental state, negative stimulus, psychological condition, psychological state