bothersome

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
bothersome
    adj 1: causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying
           rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is
           particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it
           galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating
           delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito";
           "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety
           catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him";
           "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you
           are wrong" [syn: {annoying}, {bothersome}, {galling},
           {irritating}, {nettlesome}, {pesky}, {pestering},
           {pestiferous}, {plaguy}, {plaguey}, {teasing},
           {vexatious}, {vexing}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bothersome \Both"er*some\, a.
   Vexatious; causing bother; causing trouble or perplexity;
   troublesome.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "bothersome":
      aggravating, annoying, backbreaking, besetting, bothering,
      burdensome, chafing, crushing, disquieting, distressful,
      distressing, disturbing, exasperating, fretting, galling, grueling,
      harassing, heavy, hefty, importunate, importune, irking, irksome,
      irritating, onerous, oppressive, painful, pesky, pestering,
      pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguesome, plaguey,
      plaguing, provoking, teasing, tiresome, tormenting, troublesome,
      troubling, trying, upsetting, vexatious, vexing, wearisome,
      worrisome, worrying

    

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