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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed [syn: irritation, annoyance, vexation, botheration]
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, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1797 1. the act of bothering ; the state of being bothered 2. something that bothers — often used interjectionally

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & int. colloq. = BOTHER n., int.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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