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Examples of bothersome in a Sentence
a bothersome habit of dropping trash on the floor right next to the garbage can
Recent Examples of bothersome from the Web
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Two-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer was ruled out of starting Game 1 -- and maybe Game 2, too -- for Washington because of a bothersome right hamstring.
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The movie opens with Dina, voluble and vulnerable, asking a dental assistant to take her hand before a dentist drills into a bothersome tooth.
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Mora identified a few bothersome themes — the Bruins were called for three defensive holding penalties against Colorado and have been penalized for targeting in four consecutive games.
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The changes involved are usually subtle—the removal of a bothersome lineup, some slight change in scheme, or the gradual education of a young player—but can swing open a game on winnable margins.
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Here’s what’s so bothersome though
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Some medications can cause bothersome effects or pose risks.
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What’s bothersome is how Morgan and her Orlando City cohorts were so drunk with arrogance and entitlement.
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Even passable work in coverage from those two should make the Thunder one of the most bothersome team defenses in the league.
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First Known Use of bothersome
1817
bothersome Synonyms
Synonyms
abrasive, aggravating, annoying, carking, chafing, disturbing, exasperating, frustrating, galling, irksome, irritating, maddening, nettlesome, nettling, peeving, pesky, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, pesty, plaguey (also plaguy), rankling, rebarbative, riling, vexatious, vexingRelated Words
burdensome, discomforting, displeasing, disquieting, distressing, importunate, importune, inconveniencing; angering, enraging, infuriating; brattish, bratty, mischievous, offensive, troublesome, upsetting; distractive, painful, stressful, tiresome, troubling, trying, worrisome; biting, grating, jangling, jarring, spiny, thornyNear Antonyms
delightful, pleasingBOTHERSOME Defined for English Language Learners
BOTHERSOME Defined for Kids
Definition of bothersome for Students
: annoying
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