Meanings
comparative more bothersome · superlative most bothersome
- Causing trouble, annoyance, inconvenience, irritation, or perplexity.
bothersome detail
2 more examples
The mosquito bites were bothersome.
She found his questions increasingly bothersome.
Synonyms: troublesome, annoying, inconveniencing, irritating, perplexing
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCausing trouble, annoyance, inconvenience, irritation, or perplexity.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecausing irritation or annoyance
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ὀχληρός
- ὀχληρός (okhlērós)causing bother or perplexity
German verwirrend
- verwirrendcausing bother or perplexity
Irish trioblóideach
- trioblóideachcausing bother or perplexity
Italian irritante, seccante
- irritantecausing bother or perplexity
- seccantecausing bother or perplexity
- noiosocausing bother or perplexity
- fastidiosocausing bother or perplexity
Japanese めんどくさい
- めんどくさい (mendokusai)causing bother or perplexity
Māori whakatōwenewene
- whakatōwenewenecausing bother or perplexity
Norwegian Bokmål sjenerende
- sjenerendecausing bother or perplexity
Polish kłopotliwy
- kłopotliwycausing bother or perplexity
Russian хлопотли́вый
- хлопотли́вый (xlopotlívyj)causing bother or perplexity
Spanish enfadoso, hostigoso
- enfadosocausing bother or perplexity
- hostigosocausing bother or perplexity
- irritantecausing bother or perplexity
- molestosocausing bother or perplexity
- cargantecausing bother or perplexity
Thai น่ารำคาญ
- น่ารำคาญ (nâa-ram-kaan)causing bother or perplexity
Cite this entry
bothersome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bothersome
“bothersome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bothersome. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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