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Antonyms for bothered


Grammar : Adj
Spell : both-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɒð ər



Definition of bothered

Origin :
  • 1718, probably from Anglo-Irish pother, because its earliest use was by Irish writers Sheridan, Swift, Sterne. Perhaps from Irish bodhairim "I deafen." Related: Bothered; bothering. As a noun from 1803.
  • adj annoyed
Example sentences :
  • Mrs. Beale remarked that it wasn't the heat that bothered us so, but the humidity.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • He was bothered, in a way, by the extreme mental caution of this fellow.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • How it bothered them to do that last thing you may well suppose!
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 » by Various
  • He had been bothered by no fine qualms about abandoning herself.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • Before I was half through the dinner I wondered why I had bothered about him at all.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • He must have found out the truth about it somehow, or he wouldn't have bothered.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • But I will not deny that after I had begun to read, no one bothered about the storm.
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
  • However, you did bother yourself, and you have since bothered yourself.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • But, he reflected, it was important to him to solve the secret which bothered him so greatly.
  • Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
  • How could a genius like you be bothered with having to manage money?
  • Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill

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