bothersome
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3.5
- adjective
- /ˈbɑːðərsəm/
:
molesto
- NICE estimates that 'bothersome LUTS' can occur in up to 30% of men older than 65 years.
- bothersome symptoms
- less bothersome
So we all, all of us, we included, under eye area can be bothersome to a lot of people.
- So we all, all of us, we included, under eye area can be bothersome to a lot of people.
- So coming from holopos, meaning difficult, bothersome, right.
Examples
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Pain and fatigue are the most bothersome symptoms reported by patients with RA.
Academic text (2014) -
We believe that patients with otospongiosis, in whom tinnitus is bothersome, are good candidates for stapedotomy.
Academic text (2005) -
Janet just has a talent for being bothersome at times.
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The press is getting altogether too bothersome.
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They've been bothersome for the last two days.
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The impact of the dust on equipment ranged from bothersome to life-threatening.
Academic text (2005) -
And she'd motioned him out with the same gesture she'd use to shoo a bothersome fly.
Fiction book (1992) -
You’re about as bothersome to me as something stuck to the bottom of my shoe.
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And I guess what... what's bothersome is to feel like you're a friend with somebody, and you're there, and you... you want to establish a personal contact and connect with somebody, and you can never get through.
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The constant noise from the construction site was extremely bothersome while I was trying to work.
Synonyms
392
1.0
Making someone feel bothered or irritated
126
5.1
Very unpleasant in a way that makes people angry or upset
80
2.9
Making someone feel annoyed or impatient
72
4.1
Something that causes trouble and makes things difficult
59
3.6
Causing small but persistent trouble or annoyance
49
3.9
Causing worry or annoyance and hard to deal with
26
5.3
Causing you to feel very angry or annoyed
22
5.3
Very annoying and hard to bear
11
7.7
Making someone feel annoyed or frustrated
6
3.9
Unpleasant to do or feel and causing annoyance
6
6.1
Making you feel very annoyed and frustrated
5
6.8
Making you feel annoyed because something seems unfair or hard to accept
3
5.4
Making a situation worse or more annoying
1
8.7
Causing people to feel annoyed or frustrated
1
9.4
Something that makes people feel annoyed or causes small repeated problems
Making people feel annoyed or troubled
Antonyms
How Annoying
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bothersome comes from the common verb bother, meaning 'to cause trouble or annoyance', plus the ending -some, meaning 'causing'. So, bothersome means 'causing' annoyance or trouble, much like troublesome.