embêter — meaning in English

English meaning

• annoy verb To bother or irritate someone, especially through repeated small actions.
• bother verb To annoy or disturb someone, or to cause them trouble.
• bug noun A small insect, or loosely, any small crawling or flying creature.
• trouble noun A difficult, worrying, or dangerous situation or problem.

Senses

embêter is used for these senses in English:

• annoy (transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
• bother (transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
• bug (informal, transitive) To annoy.
• pick on (transitive) To bully, harass, or make fun of a victim; to bother or harass.
• trouble (reflexive, or, intransitive) To take pains (to do something); to bother.

bother — full definition

1. verb To annoy or disturb someone, or to cause them trouble.
2. verb To take the trouble to do something, especially when it might be seen as unnecessary.
3. noun A minor annoyance, fuss, or inconvenience.
4. intj A mild exclamation of annoyance.

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