botheredadj.

Brit.

/ˈbɒðəd/, U.S.

/ˈbɑðərd/

Forms: see bother v. and int. and -ed suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bother v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < bother v. + -ed suffix¹.The origin suggested in quot. 1785 at sense 1a appears to be a folk etymology.

1. Irish English.

a. Confused, muddled, or perplexed by or as by noise or chatter. Now rare except as passing into sense 2.

ΚΠ

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Bothered or both-eared. Talked to at both ears by different persons at the same time, confounded, confused. (Irish Phrase).

1789 G. Moultrie False & True i. iii. 11 So, they call sticking a man in the back fighting... Oh, they have mighty bothered notions of things here.

1840 Citizen Feb. 226/2 The poor, bothered, old man [sc. a magistrate]..fumbling over the leaves of an act of parliament, or asking illegal or silly questions.

1920 K. Tynan Denys the Dreamer 67 His father expatiated on the impudence of..leaving only a bothered old woman to look after the gates.

1947 ‘F. O'Connor’ Common Chord 8 He looked at her for a moment or two and then an incredible idea began to dawn on his bothered old brain.

b. Hard of hearing; deaf or partially deaf.

ΚΠ

1814 Lady Morgan O'Donnel I. 92 ‘It's hard for her the cratur! when she's entirely bothered,’ said a voice... [Note] Bothered—deaf: almost always used by the lower Irish to express deafness.

1830 Lady's Mag. 31 Oct. 230/2 ‘Bothered’ signifies deaf; and Nancy was a little old cranky ‘bothered’ woman, who travelled the country..[as] a goose-plucker.

1835 Dublin Penny Jrnl. 12 Dec. 191/2 I'm a bit bothered on both sides of my head.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. 271 He [sc. the waiter] seehears lipspeech... Give him twopence tip. Deaf, bothered.

1960 S. O'Casey in Theatre Arts May 21/1 ‘A playwright has nothing to do with opinions,’ said W. B. Yeats vehemently in my bothered ear.

2004 in T. P. Dolan Dict. Hiberno-Eng. (ed. 2) 31/2 Bothered. Deaf. ‘Are you bothered or what kind of lugs have you?’

c. to turn the (also a) bothered ear: to refuse to listen or respond; = to turn a deaf ear at deaf adj. 2. Similarly to give (a person) the bothered ear.

ΚΠ

1828 Mirror Lit., Amusem., & Instr. 5 Jan. 15/2 He..turned the bothered ear to the sound of his mother's voice,..and all the answer he made back was—‘Whisht with you, mother.’

1834 Dublin Penny Jrnl. 28 June 411/1 ‘Tell uz that, Pether, do-now,’ interrupted one of the colleens..; but Pether, ‘fur a rason he had, gave her the bothered ear.’

1904 Youth's Compan. 22 Dec. 648/3 To these conjectures Kate, with secret indignation, turned ‘a bothered ear’.

2003 Irish Times (Nexis) 17 Feb. 8 Was it a case of..government ignoring the people, giving them the bothered ear and the two-finger sign?

2. In general use. That is or has been bothered; worried, anxious, agitated. Also forming adjectives, as bothered-looking, bothered-sounding. (Now the most common sense.)Cf. hot and bothered at hot adj. and n.¹ Phrases 14.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [adjective]

reigheOE

drofc1000

druvyOE

restlessOE

worya1225

forstraughtc1386

unquertc1390

unsaughtc1390

ill (evil) at easea1400

unrofula1400

unquietc1400

unrestya1413

unquieted?a1425

unrestful?c1425

unpeaceda1475

out of quieta1500

inquiet?1504

uneasya1513

perturbed1538

unquietous?1545

disquieted?1548

astraught1564

astraughted1565

agitate1567

turmoiled1570

disquiet1587

distroubled1590

weltered1590

disturbed1593

twitcheda1594

troublesome1596

stract1598

uncomposed1601

discomposed1603

incomposed1608

uncouth1660

unserene1664

chagrin1665

agitated1684

perturbated1704

disordered1711

perturbate1741

chagrineda1754

nervish1760

uncomfortable1796

funked1831

untranquillized1831

streaked1833

striped1839

discomfortable1844

streaky1848

bothered1851

funked out1859

bebothered1866

disorderly1871

fantod1883

rattled1885

aflap1887

shook1891

dicked-up1967

torqued1967

weirded out1973

1851 Sartain's Mag. Nov. 373/2 He looks at us a bit, with a bothered look, like a feller on the berth-deck, when a bosun's mate tells him that the captain wants to see him.

1878 World (N.Y.) 9 Oct. 6/4 A bothered looking citizen came into the Gazette office yesterday afternoon.

1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim xviii. 177 Now and again he would emit a bothered perfunctory ‘Sssh,’ which neither produced, nor was expected to produce, the slightest effect.

1935 Salt Lake Tribune 24 Aug. 12/2 The bothered worried soul who needs encouragement and help.

1991 J. D. Stevens Sensationalism & N.Y. Press 44 The watchmen and magistrates looked the other way unless..a bothered neighbor complained.

2011 B. Dolnick You know who you Are 202 A bothered-sounding woman answered just as Jacob was going to hang up.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	bothered
释义	botheredadj. Brit. /ˈbɒðəd/, U.S. /ˈbɑðərd/ Forms: see bother v. and int. and -ed suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bother v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < bother v. + -ed suffix¹.The origin suggested in quot. 1785 at sense 1a appears to be a folk etymology. 1. Irish English. a. Confused, muddled, or perplexed by or as by noise or chatter. Now rare except as passing into sense 2. ΚΠ 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Bothered or both-eared. Talked to at both ears by different persons at the same time, confounded, confused. (Irish Phrase). 1789 G. Moultrie False & True i. iii. 11 So, they call sticking a man in the back fighting... Oh, they have mighty bothered notions of things here. 1840 Citizen Feb. 226/2 The poor, bothered, old man [sc. a magistrate]..fumbling over the leaves of an act of parliament, or asking illegal or silly questions. 1920 K. Tynan Denys the Dreamer 67 His father expatiated on the impudence of..leaving only a bothered old woman to look after the gates. 1947 ‘F. O'Connor’ Common Chord 8 He looked at her for a moment or two and then an incredible idea began to dawn on his bothered old brain. b. Hard of hearing; deaf or partially deaf. ΚΠ 1814 Lady Morgan O'Donnel I. 92 ‘It's hard for her the cratur! when she's entirely bothered,’ said a voice... [Note] Bothered—deaf: almost always used by the lower Irish to express deafness. 1830 Lady's Mag. 31 Oct. 230/2 ‘Bothered’ signifies deaf; and Nancy was a little old cranky ‘bothered’ woman, who travelled the country..[as] a goose-plucker. 1835 Dublin Penny Jrnl. 12 Dec. 191/2 I'm a bit bothered on both sides of my head. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. 271 He [sc. the waiter] seehears lipspeech... Give him twopence tip. Deaf, bothered. 1960 S. O'Casey in Theatre Arts May 21/1 ‘A playwright has nothing to do with opinions,’ said W. B. Yeats vehemently in my bothered ear. 2004 in T. P. Dolan Dict. Hiberno-Eng. (ed. 2) 31/2 Bothered. Deaf. ‘Are you bothered or what kind of lugs have you?’ c. to turn the (also a) bothered ear: to refuse to listen or respond; = to turn a deaf ear at deaf adj. 2. Similarly to give (a person) the bothered ear. ΚΠ 1828 Mirror Lit., Amusem., & Instr. 5 Jan. 15/2 He..turned the bothered ear to the sound of his mother's voice,..and all the answer he made back was—‘Whisht with you, mother.’ 1834 Dublin Penny Jrnl. 28 June 411/1 ‘Tell uz that, Pether, do-now,’ interrupted one of the colleens..; but Pether, ‘fur a rason he had, gave her the bothered ear.’ 1904 Youth's Compan. 22 Dec. 648/3 To these conjectures Kate, with secret indignation, turned ‘a bothered ear’. 2003 Irish Times (Nexis) 17 Feb. 8 Was it a case of..government ignoring the people, giving them the bothered ear and the two-finger sign? 2. In general use. That is or has been bothered; worried, anxious, agitated. Also forming adjectives, as bothered-looking, bothered-sounding. (Now the most common sense.)Cf. hot and bothered at hot adj. and n.¹ Phrases 14. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [adjective] reigheOE drofc1000 druvyOE restlessOE worya1225 forstraughtc1386 unquertc1390 unsaughtc1390 ill (evil) at easea1400 unrofula1400 unquietc1400 unrestya1413 unquieted?a1425 unrestful?c1425 unpeaceda1475 out of quieta1500 inquiet?1504 uneasya1513 perturbed1538 unquietous?1545 disquieted?1548 astraught1564 astraughted1565 agitate1567 turmoiled1570 disquiet1587 distroubled1590 weltered1590 disturbed1593 twitcheda1594 troublesome1596 stract1598 uncomposed1601 discomposed1603 incomposed1608 uncouth1660 unserene1664 chagrin1665 agitated1684 perturbated1704 disordered1711 perturbate1741 chagrineda1754 nervish1760 uncomfortable1796 funked1831 untranquillized1831 streaked1833 striped1839 discomfortable1844 streaky1848 bothered1851 funked out1859 bebothered1866 disorderly1871 fantod1883 rattled1885 aflap1887 shook1891 dicked-up1967 torqued1967 weirded out1973 1851 Sartain's Mag. Nov. 373/2 He looks at us a bit, with a bothered look, like a feller on the berth-deck, when a bosun's mate tells him that the captain wants to see him. 1878 World (N.Y.) 9 Oct. 6/4 A bothered looking citizen came into the Gazette office yesterday afternoon. 1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim xviii. 177 Now and again he would emit a bothered perfunctory ‘Sssh,’ which neither produced, nor was expected to produce, the slightest effect. 1935 Salt Lake Tribune 24 Aug. 12/2 The bothered worried soul who needs encouragement and help. 1991 J. D. Stevens Sensationalism & N.Y. Press 44 The watchmen and magistrates looked the other way unless..a bothered neighbor complained. 2011 B. Dolnick You know who you Are 202 A bothered-sounding woman answered just as Jacob was going to hang up. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1785
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