📖 Definitions of "Bothered"
verb
- 1
To annoy, to disturb, to irritate.
"Would it bother you if I smoked?"
- 2
To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
"Why do I even bother to try?"
- 3
To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
"You didn't even bother to close the door."
adjective
- 1
Caused to show discomposure.
🔄 Synonyms of "Bothered"
3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| daunted | (Normally with a copular verb). Mildly afraid or worried by some upcoming situation. |
| discomposed | Uneasy or disturbed. |
| fazed | (chiefly in the negative) Hesitant, frightened; daunted, disconcerted; perturbed, put off. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bothered"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| discomposed | Uneasy or disturbed. |
| fazed | (chiefly in the negative) Hesitant, frightened; daunted, disconcerted; perturbed, put off. |
| daunted | (Normally with a copular verb). Mildly afraid or worried by some upcoming situation. |
| troubled | Anxious, worried, careworn. |
| worried | Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy. |
| upsetverb | (transitive) To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy. |
| embarrassed | Having a feeling of shameful discomfort. |
| annoyedverb | Troubled, irritated by something unwanted or unliked (an annoyance); vexed. |
| plaguedverb | Constantly afflicted or relentlessly attacked (by someone or something). |
| irritated | Experiencing a feeling of irritation. |
| distracted | having one's attention diverted; preoccupied; distrait (literary) |
| angeredverb | Having been made angry. |
| disrupted | Subject to disruption. |
| bored | Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do. |
| deranged | Disturbed or upset, especially mentally. |
| unhinged | (figuratively, usually humorous) Mentally ill or unstable; deranged; insane. |
| hampered | Impeded or encumbered, as if chained or fettered. |
| disturbed | Having been altered or changed. |
| affectednoun | Influenced or changed by something. |
| constrained | Kept within close bounds; confined. |
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