bothersome
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Bothersome — Both er*some, a. Vexatious; causing bother; causing trouble or perplexity; troublesome. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bothersome — index difficult, irksome, operose, undesirable, vexatious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
bothersome — 1817, from BOTHER (Cf. bother) + SOME (Cf. some) … Etymology dictionary
bothersome — [adj] troubling aggravating, annoying, distressing, disturbing, exasperating, incommodious, inconvenient, irritating, rebarbative, remote, tiresome, troublesome, vexatious, vexing; concept 529 Ant. convenient, helpful, untroubling … New thesaurus
bothersome — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ annoying; troublesome … English terms dictionary
bothersome — [bäth′ər səm] adj. causing bother; annoying; troublesome; irksome … English World dictionary
bothersome — [[t]bɒ̱ðə(r)səm[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone or something that is bothersome is annoying or irritating. [OLD FASHIONED] It s all been very noisy and bothersome in Parliament this week. Syn: troublesome … English dictionary
bothersome — adjective old fashioned slightly annoying: She brushed his hand away like a bothersome fly … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bothersome — adjective Date: 1834 causing bother ; vexing … New Collegiate Dictionary
bothersome — /bodh euhr seuhm/, adj. causing annoyance or worry; troublesome. [1825 35; BOTHER + SOME1] Syn. annoying, irritating, irksome, vexing, vexatious, galling. * * * … Universalium
