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ossy adj. overbearing, domineering, dictatorial, tyrannical,
despotic, imperious, lordly: Her boyfriend is awfully bossy -
and they're not even married yet.
botch v. bungle, mismanage, spoil, Colloq screw or louse up, blow,
mess up, muck up, make a mess or hash or muddle of; Slang
bollocks or ballocks or US bollix up: Give Gordon an assignment
and he's sure to botch it.
bother v. 1 annoy, pester, worry, irritate, trouble, hector, harass,
hound, dog, nag, plague, needle, Colloq hassle; Slang US nudge:
I wish they'd stop bothering me about paying the telephone bill.
2 trouble (about), fuss (at), make a fuss (about), concern
oneself (with), burden: Too few people are interested in
bothering about the welfare of others. 3 confuse, bewilder,
perplex, perturb, upset, disconcert, discomfit: She was
increasingly bothered by her inability to understand the local
language.
--n. 4 trouble, inconvenience: Those pets must be a lot of
bother. 5 worry, annoyance, vexation, nuisance, irritation,
trouble, effort, disturbance, upset, Slang hassle: Painting the
lattice will be more bother than it's worth. 6 dither, flutter,
Colloq tizzy, pet, stew, lather, sweat: She seems to have
worked herself into quite a bother about something quite
insignificant. 7 pest, irritant, nag, nuisance, Colloq pain,
pain in the neck or Brit taboo arse or US taboo ass; Slang US
nudge: Mother is such a bother, always asking if I wear my
galoshes when it rains. 8 disturbance, to-do, ado, commotion,
fuss, trouble, disorder, stir, hubbub: We ran into a bit of
bother at the pub last night.
bottle n. 1 flask, container; fiasco, decanter: The milkman left two
bottles of milk. 2 courage, nerve, manliness, manfulness, grit,
backbone, gumption, mettle, pluck, Dutch courage, Slang guts;
Colloq spunk, starch, US moxie: He was going to tell her off
but lost his bottle at the last minute. 3 the bottle. alcohol,
alcoholic drink, spirit(s), liquor, booze, sauce: He's back on
the bottle after only two weeks of being on the wagon.
--v. 4 bottle up. a contain, restrain, hold back, control,
suppress, repress, hold or keep in check, stifle: All the
emotions, bottled up for so long, burst upon him at once, and he