Bothersome
adjective
Causing annoyance or trouble.
Constant noise from the construction site became bothersome.
adjective
Causing annoyance or trouble.
Constant noise from the construction site became bothersome.
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Pro Tip 1/3Degree of Annoyance
Use 'bothersome' to describe mild to moderate annoyances, not severe problems.
The neighbor's dog barking at night is bothersome, but not unbearable.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Serious
'Bothersome' can refer to trivial things that are annoying but not harmful or serious.
It's bothersome when people don't reply to texts promptly.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjective Feel
What's bothersome can vary between people; it's based on personal tolerance.
Some may find waiting bothersome, while others think of it as a chance to relax.
Pro Tip 1/3Degree of Annoyance
Use 'bothersome' to describe mild to moderate annoyances, not severe problems.
The neighbor's dog barking at night is bothersome, but not unbearable.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Serious
'Bothersome' can refer to trivial things that are annoying but not harmful or serious.
It's bothersome when people don't reply to texts promptly.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjective Feel
What's bothersome can vary between people; it's based on personal tolerance.
Some may find waiting bothersome, while others think of it as a chance to relax.
Pro Tip 1/3Degree of Annoyance
Use 'bothersome' to describe mild to moderate annoyances, not severe problems.
The neighbor's dog barking at night is bothersome, but not unbearable.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Serious
'Bothersome' can refer to trivial things that are annoying but not harmful or serious.
It's bothersome when people don't reply to texts promptly.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjective Feel
What's bothersome can vary between people; it's based on personal tolerance.
Some may find waiting bothersome, while others think of it as a chance to relax.
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We can reprogram life....
Because we've built unnatural plants, unnatural animals, we can feed about seven billion people. We can do things like create new life-forms. And as you create new life-forms, again, that sounds terribly scary and terribly bothersome,
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What’s that ringing in...
But for some, tinnitus episodes can trigger traumatic memories or otherwise distressing feelings, which increase the sound’s intrusiveness. This psychological loop often leads to what’s known as “bothersome tinnitus,"
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Giant Centipede PIPE...
you probably think of centipedes as tiny squishy bothersome things cowering in your garden
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We can reprogram life....
Because we've built unnatural plants, unnatural animals, we can feed about seven billion people. We can do things like create new life-forms. And as you create new life-forms, again, that sounds terribly scary and terribly bothersome,
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What’s that ringing in...
But for some, tinnitus episodes can trigger traumatic memories or otherwise distressing feelings, which increase the sound’s intrusiveness. This psychological loop often leads to what’s known as “bothersome tinnitus,"
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Giant Centipede PIPE...
you probably think of centipedes as tiny squishy bothersome things cowering in your garden
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Zak Bagans
American Author
If you chose to live in a home that is living on intersecting laylines, and you're living on an Indian burial ground and having paranormal experiences that are bothersome, you're not going to get rid of them. They've taken ownership of that home and that area.
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Charles R. Swindoll
American Clergyman
Nothing is more bothersome to me than retiring. Weird things happen when you disengage; first you get negative, then you start telling people about your latest surgeries, and eventually you lose touch. I want to stay in touch.
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Bruno Sammartino
Italian Wrestler
In talking to Paul Levesque, I made it clear, I've had issues with WWE and wrestling in general, because there were other organizations. I didn't like the direction they had taken. It was bothersome to me.
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Conrad Black
British Businessman
There are some people whose opinion I value and respect and it would be very bothersome if I forfeited their respect. But the general public? I'm not preoccupied with the opinions of others.
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C. S. Forester
English Novelist
A whim, a passing mood, readily induces the novelist to move hearth and home elsewhere. He can always plead work as an excuse to get him out of the clutches of bothersome hosts.
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Charlie Brooker
English Critic
MasterChef' delivers all the reassuring, cadenced repetition of an endless chore without any of the bothersome elbow grease.
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Nastassja Kinski
German Actress
It's pleasant and bothersome and embarrassing all at once. Especially when you haven't done much and are a celebrity.
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Pete Gallego
American Politician
It's always bothersome when California does something better than Texas.
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Zak Bagans
American Author
If you chose to live in a home that is living on intersecting laylines, and you're living on an Indian burial ground and having paranormal experiences that are bothersome, you're not going to get rid of them. They've taken ownership of that home and that area.
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Charles R. Swindoll
American Clergyman
Nothing is more bothersome to me than retiring. Weird things happen when you disengage; first you get negative, then you start telling people about your latest surgeries, and eventually you lose touch. I want to stay in touch.
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Bruno Sammartino
Italian Wrestler
In talking to Paul Levesque, I made it clear, I've had issues with WWE and wrestling in general, because there were other organizations. I didn't like the direction they had taken. It was bothersome to me.
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Conrad Black
British Businessman
There are some people whose opinion I value and respect and it would be very bothersome if I forfeited their respect. But the general public? I'm not preoccupied with the opinions of others.
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C. S. Forester
English Novelist
A whim, a passing mood, readily induces the novelist to move hearth and home elsewhere. He can always plead work as an excuse to get him out of the clutches of bothersome hosts.
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Charlie Brooker
English Critic
MasterChef' delivers all the reassuring, cadenced repetition of an endless chore without any of the bothersome elbow grease.
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Nastassja Kinski
German Actress
It's pleasant and bothersome and embarrassing all at once. Especially when you haven't done much and are a celebrity.
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Pete Gallego
American Politician
It's always bothersome when California does something better than Texas.
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