Bother and Help

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Bother

Bother noun - A state of noisy, confused activity.
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Help is an antonym for bother in topics: trouble, pester, harass, take the trouble.
Nearby Words: bothered, bothersome, botheration, bothering

Help

Help noun - An act or instance of helping.
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Bother is an antonym for help.
Nearby Words: helpful, helped, helpless, helper, helping
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How words are described

good good bother good help
little little bother little help
extra extra bother extra help

Common collocations

humanity bother humanity help humanity
man bother man help man
people bother people help people
children bother children help children
Other words: family, someone, time, bit, anyone, humans, kids, friends.

Both words in one sentence

  • It gets even worse when those same cops see a man being mauled by the creatures and they don't bother to help him.
    Source: Police Are Useless / Film
  • Don't bother asking your friends or family for help with your Slendy problems; chances are, they're working for him.
    Source: Paranoia Fuel / Web Original
  • Western Animation / The Wild Thornberrys Eliza doesn't bother calling the elephants for help through infrasound in "Birthday Quake", even though she's already done so with the same herd in an earlier episode.
    Source: Western Animation / The Wild Thornberrys
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