bothered

adjective

both·ered ˈbä-t͟hərd

Synonyms of bothered next

: feeling or showing agitation, worry, annoyance, etc.

Never had Johnny seen Rab so bothered about anything as he was over his inability to get himself a good modern gun.—

Esther Forbes

… insisted that there was really nothing to get all hot and bothered [=angrily upset] about.—

Peter Berkowitz

Examples of bothered in a Sentence

got all hot and bothered by his brother's constant unsolicited advice

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Kennedy’s long history of vaccine skepticism has troubled Republicans and Democrats, though the roughly two dozen Republicans who met with Kennedy in December seemed less bothered. —

Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025 Young people, who make the majority of South Africa’s 60 million population, appeared less bothered to participate in that election. —

Farai Mutsaka, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2024 President Trump would perhaps be less bothered about Israel allowing Jewish settlers back into Gaza, as part of the Israeli government would like to do. —

New York Times, 3 Nov. 2024 The script got several studios and streamers hot and bothered. —

Justin Kroll, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bothered