From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Botheration \Both'er*a"tion\, noun The act of bothering, or state of being bothered; cause of trouble; perplexity; annoyance; vexation. [Colloq.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed [syn: {irritation}, {annoyance}, {vexation}]
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}, {pain}, {infliction}, {pain in the neck}, {pain in the ass}]
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