Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: bothered
IPA transcription: [b'ɑðɚd]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: bothered, daunted, fazed
    Meaning: caused to show discomposure; "refused to be fazed by the objections"
Usage examples
  • He had not even bothered to read it.
  • You know Hippy never bothered himself much about study, just managed to scrape through.
  • He never bothered later to see how the men he'd elected had handled the jobs he had given them.
  • "If you'll do what I wish, I'll see to it that you escape--that you are never bothered any more."
  • For some little time past Mr. Edison had noticed that he was bothered somewhat in reading print, and I asked him to have an oculist give him reading-glasses.