bothered
verb
🇬🇧 UK
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🇺🇸 US
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Meaning
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Meaning 1 · verb
To annoy, to disturb, to irritate.
“Would it bother you if I smoked?”
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Meaning 2 · verb
To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
“Why do I even bother to try?”
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Meaning 3 · verb
To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
“You didn't even bother to close the door.”
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Meaning 4 · adjective
Caused to show discomposure.
How this word is used
- Everyday “Would it bother you if I smoked?”
- General “Why do I even bother to try?”
- General “You didn't even bother to close the door.”
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