Noun: botheration ,bó-dhu'rey-shun
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- The psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
"The constant botheration of telemarketers made him unplug his phone";
- irritation, annoyance, vexation
- 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
- 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