Bothersome

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bothersome \Both"er*some\, a.
     Vexatious; causing bother; causing trouble or perplexity;
     troublesome.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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