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Synonyms & Antonyms of bothersome
causing annoyance
- a bothersome habit of dropping trash on the floor right next to the garbage can
Synonyms for bothersome
- 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,
- vexing
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The first known use of bothersome was in 1817
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