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Latest comment: 5 months ago by JMGN in topic (transitive) cause physical pain
There's also an imperative sense, like damn, e.g. (Ambrose Bierce, Moxon's Master): "'Do you happen to know that Consciousness is the creature of Rhythm?' 'O bother them both!' I replied, rising and laying hold of my overcoat." Equinox ◑ 21:25, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
(transitive) cause physical pain
[edit](transitive) to make somebody feel physical discomfort
My lower back is bothering me again. JMGN (talk) 06:30, 16 July 2024 (UTC)