Past tense of bother
regular verb
The past tense of bother is bothered. The past participle is also bothered.
Forms of bother
| Base form (V1) | bother /ˈbɔðə(ɹ)/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | bothered |
| Past participle (V3) | bothered |
| Present participle | bothering |
| Third person singular | bothers |
Bothered in a sentence
- I couldn't be bothered to carry the ironing board, so I left it behind.From the entry behind
- I couldn't be bothered to cook another meal so I just warmed up yesterday's leftovers.From the entry warm up
- I couldn't be bothered to cook, so I bought a takeaway curry.From the entry takeaway
- I'm not bothered if he chooses to ignore our anniversary. It's his problem.From the entry bothered
- I'm not over bothered about going to the party.From the entry over
Meaning of bother
- verb To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
- verb Damn; curse.
- verb To feel care or concern; to burden or inconvenience oneself out of concern.
Questions about the past tense of bother
- What is the past tense of bother?
- The past tense of bother is bothered.
- What is the past participle of bother?
- The past participle of bother is bothered.
- Is bother a regular or irregular verb?
- Bother is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bother (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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