Bothersome \Both"er*some\, a.
Vexatious; causing bother; causing trouble or perplexity;
troublesome.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bothersome
adj : causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm
on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is
particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it
galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating
delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito";
"swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled
safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought
annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to
have to admit you are wrong" [syn: annoying, galling,
irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous,
plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing]
WordNet (r) 2.0
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "bothersome":
aggravating, annoying, backbreaking, besetting, bothering,
burdensome, chafing, crushing, disquieting, distressful,
distressing, disturbing, exasperating, fretting, galling, grueling,
harassing, heavy, hefty, importunate, importune, irking, irksome,
irritating, onerous, oppressive, painful, pesky, pestering,
pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguesome, plaguey,
plaguing, provoking, teasing, tiresome, tormenting, troublesome,
troubling, trying, upsetting, vexatious, vexing, wearisome,
worrisome, worrying
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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