bother

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots bauther, bather (“to bother”). Origin unknown. Perhaps related to Scots pother (“to make a stir or commotion, bustle”), also of unknown origin. Compare English pother (“to poke, prod”), variant of potter (“to poke”). More at potter. Perhaps related to Irish bodhaire (“noise”), Irish bodhraim (“to deafen, annoy”).

verb

1. (transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
   Would it bother you if I smoked?
2. (intransitive or reflexive) To feel care or concern; to burden or inconvenience oneself out of concern.
   I never bother about such trivialities.
   I wouldn't bother with an umbrella if I were you.
3. (intransitive, catenative) To take the trouble, to trouble oneself (to do something).
   Why do I even bother to try?
   1. To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
      You didn’t even bother to close the door.

noun

1. Fuss, ado.
   There was a bit of bother at the hairdresser's when they couldn't find my appointment in the book.
   It was a 15-minute return trip to walk back home to pick up my device, but I weighed it up and decided that it wasn’t worth the bother. 18 January 2015, Monty Munford, “What’s the point of carrying a mobile phone nowadays?”, in The Daily Telegraph
2. Trouble, inconvenience.
   Yes, I can do that for you - it's no bother.

intj

1. A mild expression of annoyance.
   [H]e suddenly flung down his brush on the floor, said "Bother!" and "Oh blow!" and also "Hang spring-cleaning!" and bolted out of the house without even waiting to put on his coat. 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, London: Wordsworth Classics, published 1993, page 11
   "Oh, help!" said Pooh. "I'd better go back." "Oh, bother!" said Pooh. "I shall have to go on." "I can't do either!" said Pooh. "Oh, help and bother!" 1926, A A Milne, Winnie the Pooh, Methuen & Co., Ltd., Chapter 2 ...in which Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place