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ossy adj. overbearing, domineering, dictatorial, tyrannical,<br />

despotic, imperious, lordly: Her boyfriend is awfully bossy -<br />

and they're not even married yet.<br />

botch<br />

v. bungle, mismanage, spoil, Colloq screw or louse up, blow,<br />

mess up, muck up, make a mess or hash or muddle of; Slang<br />

bollocks or ballocks or US bollix up: Give Gordon an assignment<br />

and he's sure to botch it.<br />

bother v. 1 annoy, pester, worry, irritate, trouble, hector, harass,<br />

hound, dog, nag, plague, needle, Colloq hassle; Slang US nudge:<br />

I wish they'd stop bothering me about paying the telephone bill.<br />

2 trouble (about), fuss (at), make a fuss (about), concern<br />

oneself (with), burden: Too few people are interested in<br />

bothering about the welfare of others. 3 confuse, bewilder,<br />

perplex, perturb, upset, disconcert, discomfit: She was<br />

increasingly bothered by her inability to understand the local<br />

language.<br />

--n. 4 trouble, inconvenience: Those pets must be a lot of<br />

bother. 5 worry, annoyance, vexation, nuisance, irritation,<br />

trouble, effort, disturbance, upset, Slang hassle: Painting the<br />

lattice will be more bother than it's worth. 6 dither, flutter,<br />

Colloq tizzy, pet, stew, lather, sweat: She seems to have<br />

worked herself into quite a bother about something quite<br />

insignificant. 7 pest, irritant, nag, nuisance, Colloq pain,<br />

pain in the neck or Brit taboo arse or US taboo ass; Slang US<br />

nudge: Mother is such a bother, always asking if I wear my<br />

galoshes when it rains. 8 disturbance, to-do, ado, commotion,<br />

fuss, trouble, disorder, stir, hubbub: We ran into a bit of<br />

bother at the pub last night.<br />

bottle n. 1 flask, container; fiasco, decanter: The milkman left two<br />

bottles of milk. 2 courage, nerve, manliness, manfulness, grit,<br />

backbone, gumption, mettle, pluck, Dutch courage, Slang guts;<br />

Colloq spunk, starch, US moxie: He was going to tell her off<br />

but lost his bottle at the last minute. 3 the bottle. alcohol,<br />

alcoholic drink, spirit(s), liquor, booze, sauce: He's back on<br />

the bottle after only two weeks of being on the wagon.<br />

--v. 4 bottle up. a contain, restrain, hold back, control,<br />

suppress, repress, hold or keep in check, stifle: All the<br />

emotions, bottled up for so long, burst upon him at once, and he

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