adj

bothersome

BO-thuh-suhm

adj

Causing annoyance, trouble, or inconvenience.

"The bothersome fly kept landing on the picnic food."

"His constant interruptions were bothersome during the meeting."

How to Use Bothersome

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishAnnoying or troublesome, often in a persistent, low-grade way rather than a serious one.

more bothersome comparative, most bothersome superlative

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Formed from "bother" plus the suffix "-some," meaning "tending to cause."

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