-adj. 3. confidential, intimate, near and dear, faithful; cherished, dear, close, beloved, precious, darling. boss, n. 1. foreman, manager, superintendent, supervisor; director, leader, chief, head, executive; taskmaster, overseer, overlooker, overman; master, Brit. Inf. governor, employer, SI. the man, SI. honcho.
-v. 2. manage, direct, control, order, command, take charge; preside over, oversee, supervise, superintend; domineer, dominate, push around, ride hard on, ride roughshod over, trample under foot, shove around, botch, v. 1. bungle, Inf. muff, Inf. flub; spoil, Inf. foul up, SI. bitch, SI. blow; hash, muddle, mangle, butcher, Dial, butch, SI. screw up, SI. mess up, SI. louse up, Inf. bollix; gum up the works, make a hash of, make a mess of, make sad work of, U.S. Inf. throw a monkey wrench into; All Sports, boggle, fumble, foozle, boot.
2. blunder, stumble, flounder, slip, Inf. put one's foot in it, Inf. put one's foot in one's mouth, both, adj. one and the other, the two, two together, Scot. and North Eng. baith. bother, v. 1. pester, hector, harass, SI. bug, SI. hassle, SI. drive [s.o.] nuts or crazy or bananas, Si. drive [s.o.] up a wall; hound, dog, nag, pick on, pick at, be on [s.o.'s] back, Inf give [s.o.] a hard time, SI. ride; torment, taunt, bedevil, tease, tweak, mock, heckle, Inf. needle; plague, trouble, fret, worry.
2. irritate, annoy, irk, vex, pique, provoke, peeve, nettle, chafe; get on [s.o.'s] nerves, tread on [s.o.'s] toes, Chiefly U.S. rile, Inf. aggravate, Inf miff, Inf. give [s.o.] a pain, Inf. give [s.o.] fits, Inf. rub [s.o.] the wrong way, Inf. get in [s.o.'s] hair, Inf. get under [s.o.'s] skin; exasperate, ruffle, try [s.o.'s] patience, Inf. grate on or grate on [s.o.'s] nerves.
3. bewilder, confuse, baffle, perplex, confound; upset, perturb, disconcert, discomfit.
4. trouble, inconvenience, burden; impose upon, en croach upon, put out, discommode, incommode; put to the trouble, take the trouble, go to the trouble. -n. 5. nuisance, annoyance, vexation, Inf. head ache, SI. hassle, SI. drag, Si. bitch; inconvenience, imposition; disadvantage, handicap; problem, difficulty, affliction; irritant, burr, thorn, thorn in the side or flesh, pea in the shoe.
6. effort, exertion, energy, work; worry, pains, trouble, SI. hassle.
7. dither, pucker, twitter, flutter, flurry, Inf. tizzy,