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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

troublesome and causing bother or worry;

e.g. Devin will likely miss a few games because of his bothersome ankle.

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Similar Words

Abrasive

Aggravating

Annoying

Blah

Disturbing

Dullish

Exasperating

Frustrating

Galling

Irksome

Irritating

Maddening

Pesky

Pestiferous

Pestilent

Pestilential

Pleasureless

Prosy

Stressful

Vexatious

Vexing

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Opposite Words

Deadening

Delightful

Dreamy

Narcotic

Pleasing

Sedative

Soothing

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Related Words

Anxious

Arduous

Arid

Awkward

Backbreaking

Biting

Boring

Burdensome

Challenging

Charged

Colorless

Creepy

Demanding

Difficult

Distressful

Disturbing

Drab

Dreary

Dry

Dull

Dusty

Edgy

Exacting

Exciting

Formidable

Fraught

Grating

Grueling

Hairy

Hard

Hellacious

Herculean

Ho-hum

Humdrum

Importunate

Importune

Inconvenient

Infuriating

Jarring

Jejune

Killer

Laborious

Leaden

Mind-numbing

Mischievous

Moiling

Monochromatic

Monotonous

Murderous

Nerve-racking

Nervous

Numbing

Offensive

Old

Painful

Pedestrian

Ponderous

Provocative

Provoking

Restless

Rigorous

Rough

Rugged

Severe

Slow

Spiny

Stale

Stiff

Stimulating

Stodgy

Strenuous

Stressful

Stuffy

Stupid

Sweaty

Tall

Tame

Tedious

Tense

Testing

Thorny

Tiresome

Tiring

Toilsome

Tough

Troublesome

Troubling

Trying

Uneasy

Uninteresting

Unsettling

Uphill

Upsetting

Wearisome

Weary

Worrisome

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Phrases

• against the grain

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