botherers
Those who annoy
Botherers is the plural of botherer—someone who bothers others.
The word appears most often in compounds describing persistent nuisances: child botherers, dog botherers.
On its own, botherers suggests people who won't leave you alone: The café was full of botherers wanting to chat.
Things causing vexation
- pestsBothersome insects or animals
- nuisancesSources of petty irritation
- aggravatorsFactors increasing severity
- naggersHabitual faultfinders
harassers · hecklers · tormentors · teasers · needlers · provocateurs · gadflies · gnats
Habitual faultfinders
- houndersThose who persistently pursue
- harassersPeople who intimidate repeatedly
- hecklersDisruptive audience shouters
- tauntersThose who mock others
baiters · goaders · needlers · bulldogs · stalkers · pursuers · dogged · relentless
Those who interfere uninvited
- interlopersUnwelcome meddlers in affairs
- snoopsThose who pry
- kibitzersMeddlesome onlookers offering opinions
- buttinskyIntrusive meddler in others' affairs
nudniks · nosy parkers · gossips · eavesdroppers · muckrakers · priers · interferers · tamperers
Unauthorized entrants
- trespassersUnlawful entrants onto property
- gatecrashersUninvited event attendees
- interlopersUnwelcome meddlers in affairs
- encroachersThose who overstep boundaries
uninvited guests · invaders · imposers · squatters · uninvited · unwanted · intrusive · imposing
irritants
Things causing vexation
- pestsBothersome insects or animals
- nuisancesSources of petty irritation
- aggravatorsFactors increasing severity
naggers · harassers · hecklers · tormentors · teasers · needlers · provocateurs · gadflies · gnats · mosquitoes
naggers
Habitual faultfinders
- houndersThose who persistently pursue
- harassersPeople who intimidate repeatedly
- hecklersDisruptive audience shouters
taunters · baiters · goaders · needlers · bulldogs · stalkers · pursuers · dogged · relentless · persistent
busybodies
Those who interfere uninvited
- interlopersUnwelcome meddlers in affairs
- snoopsThose who pry
- kibitzersMeddlesome onlookers offering opinions
buttinsky · nudniks · nosy parkers · gossips · eavesdroppers · muckrakers · priers · interferers · tamperers · officious
intruders
Unauthorized entrants
- trespassersUnlawful entrants onto property
- gatecrashersUninvited event attendees
- interlopersUnwelcome meddlers in affairs
uninvited guests · encroachers · invaders · imposers · squatters · uninvited · unwanted · intrusive · imposing · presumptuous
bothererspeacekeepers
Forces maintaining cease-fires
respecters · ignorers · bystanders · avoiders
- hot and botheredAgitated, often with desire
- couldn't be botheredUnwilling to make effort
- can't be botheredUnwilling to make effort
- be botheredFeel inclined to act
- God bothererOverzealous religious pest