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Showing words for BOTHERED using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Bothered

bothered

7 Letter Words for Bothered

berthed

6 Letter Words for Bothered

bedote, behote, berthe, betrod, bother, brodee, brothe, debtor, dehort, derobe, dhobee, dhotee, dohter, dother, hedebo, herbed, hereto, hetero, hotbed, rebote, teredo, thered, throed

5 Letter Words for Bothered

bedot, beeth, beode, beret, beroe, berth, beted, boder, borde, bored, boree, brede, breed, breth, broth, derth, deter, doeth, doree, doter, erode, ether, heder, herod, heroe, hoder, horde, orbed, other, rebed, rehoe, rethe, robed, roted, thebe, theed, theer, theor, there, thore, three, throb, throe, toher, tored, treed, trode

4 Letter Words for Bothered

bede, beer, beet, bere, bete, beth, bode, boer, bord, bore, borh, bort, bote, both, bred, bree, bret, brod, brot, debe, debt, deer, deet, dere, dero, dobe, doer, dore, dort, dote, doth, dree, droh, eboe, ebro, ehed, ered, erth, ethe, hebe, hede, heed, heer, herb, herd, here, hero, hert, hete, hodr, hoed, hoer, hore, hort, hote, obdt, oder, ohed, ored, orth, rede, redo, reed, reet, retd, rete, rheo, rhet, robe, rode, roed, rote, teed, teer, tehr, theb, thed, thee, thob, thor, thro, tobe, tode, toed, tore, tree, trod

3 Letter Words for Bothered

bde, bed, bee, ber, bet, bhd, bod, boe, boh, bor, bot, bro, deb, dee, der, det, dob, doe, dor, dot, edh, edo, eer, erd, ere, ert, eth, hed, hee, heo, her, het, hob, hod, hoe, hor, hot, obe, ode, oer, orb, ord, ore, ort, reb, red, ree, reh, rhb, rhd, rhe, rho, rob, rod, roe, rot, rte, tdr, ted, tee, ter, thb, thd, the, tho, tob, tod, toe, tor

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