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BOTHERSOME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bothersome mean?
• BOTHERSOME (adjective)
The adjective BOTHERSOME has 1 sense:
1. causing irritation or annoyance
Familiarity information: BOTHERSOME used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Causing irritation or annoyance
Synonyms:
annoying; bothersome; galling; irritating; nettlesome; pesky; pestering; pestiferous; plaguey; plaguy; teasing; vexatious; vexing
Context example:
it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
Similar:
disagreeable (not to your liking)
Context examples
A question about an individual's most bothersome symptom attributed to steroid use.
(Most Bothersome Symptom Attributed to Steroids, NCI Thesaurus)
A sensation of discomfort or distress that is bothersome and irritating.
(Annoying Pain, NCI Thesaurus)
A questionnaire designed to help men determine how bothersome their benign prostatic hyperplasia urinary symptoms are and to determine how effective their treatment is.
(American Urological Association Symptom Score, NCI Thesaurus)
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