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bothered

bothered adjective: annoyed; irritated. Also the simple past and past participle of bother.

Adjective

bothered (comparative more bothered, superlative most bothered)

  1. Annoyed; irritated.
  2. Caring about something; discomposed.
    • I'm not bothered if he chooses to ignore our anniversary. It's his problem.
    Synonyms:
    arsed, fucked

Also used as

bothered is also the simple past and past participle of bother.

Examples of bothered in a sentence

  • I couldn't be bothered to carry the ironing board, so I left it behind.
  • I couldn't be bothered to cook another meal so I just warmed up yesterday's leftovers.
  • I couldn't be bothered to cook, so I bought a takeaway curry.

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Synonyms of bothered

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Forms of bothered

comparativemore bothered
superlativemost bothered

Words formed from bothered

Phrases with bothered

Questions about bothered

What does bothered mean?
Bothered means annoyed; irritated.
What part of speech is bothered?
Bothered is an adjective.

Words near bothered in the dictionary

  1. botherating
  2. botheration
  3. botherations
  4. botherder
  5. botherders
  6. bothered
  7. bothered one's arse
  8. botherer
  9. botherers
  10. botherin'
  11. bothering

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