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Synonyms for bothersome


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

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Définition of bothersome

Origin :
  • 1817, from bother + -some (1).
  • adj troubling
Example sentences :
  • "I am afraid it has been a bothersome business," he said gently.
  • Extract from : « A Room With A View » by E. M. Forster
  • Steve did not take the trouble to ask himself these bothersome questions.
  • Extract from : « Chums of the Camp Fire » by Lawrence J. Leslie
  • Insects and fungi are the most bothersome pests on most plantations.
  • Extract from : « All About Coffee » by William H. Ukers
  • It is that troublesome, bothersome, little verb be, which is so difficult to master.
  • Extract from : « Plain English » by Marian Wharton
  • The bothersome consciousness of her own unworthiness overwhelmed her.
  • Extract from : « When Sarah Went to School » by Elsie Singmaster
  • Let us drop this: they are too tiny and too bothersome to collect.
  • Extract from : « Insect Adventures » by J. Henri Fabre
  • I gathered he'd also absorbed some of his bothersome ideas from them.
  • Extract from : « The Big Time » by Fritz Reuter Leiber
  • There has been a succession of bothersome people to interfere ever since I arrived.
  • Extract from : « With Edge Tools » by Hobart Chatfield-Taylor
  • Hens are bothersome enough at their best, but when they can talk they're simply dreadful.
  • Extract from : « Ozma of Oz » by L. Frank Baum
  • My throat's bothersome to-night; I'll leave you alone with your cigarette.
  • Extract from : « Second String » by Anthony Hope

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