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Definitions for Bothered
[1] to give trouble to; annoy; pester; worry: His baby sister bothered him for candy.
[2] to bewilder; confuse: His inability to understand the joke bothered him.
[3] to take the trouble; trouble or inconvenience oneself: Don't bother to call. He has no time to bother with trifles.
[4] something troublesome, burdensome, or annoying: Doing the laundry every week can be a terrible bother.
[5] effort, work, or worry: Gardening takes more bother than it's worth.
[6] a worried or perplexed state: Don't get into such a bother about small matters.
[7] someone or something that bothers or annoys: My cousin is a perpetual bother to me.
[8] Chiefly British . (used to express mild irritation.)
[9] (tr) to give annoyance, pain, or trouble to; irritate his bad leg is bothering him again
[10] (tr) to trouble (a person) by repeatedly disturbing; pester stop bothering your father!
[11] (intr) to take the time or trouble; concern oneself don't bother to come with me
[12] (tr) to make (a person) alarmed or confused the thought of her husband's return clearly bothered her
[13] a state of worry, trouble, or confusion
[14] a person or thing that causes fuss, trouble, or annoyance
[15] informal a disturbance or fight; trouble (esp in the phrase a spot of bother )
[16] mainly British an exclamation of slight annoyance
Words related to Bothered
botherdistressed, troubled, agitated, disturbed, harried, upset, disconcerted, harassed, vexed, bugged, irked, anxious
Words nearby Bothered
botherboth feet on the ground, with, both ways, botha, botham, bothe, bother, bother, bothered, botheration, bothersome, bothnia, bothriocephalus
Origin of Bothered
1710–20; orig. Hiberno-English; probably by hypercorrection from bodder, an alternate early form; origin obscure
Other words from Bothered
un·both·ered , adjective
un·both·er·ing , adjective
Word origin for Bothered
C18: perhaps from Irish Gaelic bodhar deaf, vexed; compare Irish Gaelic buairim I vex
Synonyms for Bothered
agitated, distressed, disturbed, troubled, bugged, disconcerted, harassed, harried, irked, upset, vexed, anxious