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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bother \Both"er\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Bothered} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bothering}.] [Cf. Ir. buaidhirt trouble, buaidhrim I vex.] To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See {Pother}.
Note: The imperative is sometimes used as an exclamation mildly imprecatory.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bothered
adjective: caused to show discomposure; "refused to be fazed by the objections" [syn: {daunted}, {fazed}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
115 Moby Thesaurus words for "bothered": abashed, abroad, adrift, afflicted, aggravated, agitated, all-overish, angry, annoyed, anxious, anxioused up, apprehensive, astray, at sea, balled-up, beset, bewildered, browned-off, bugged, burnt-up, cast down, chafed, chagrined, chaotic, chapfallen, clueless, concerned, confused, discomfited, discomforted, discomposed, disconcerted, dismayed, disordered, disorganized, disoriented, disquieted, distracted, distraught, distressed, disturbed, embarrassed, exasperated, fearful, flustered, fluttered, foreboding, fussed, galled, griped, guessing, harassed, hung up, ill at ease, in a fix, in a jumble, in a maze, in a pickle, in a pother, in a pucker, in a scrape, in a stew, in a sweat, in a swivet, in a tizzy, inconvenienced, irked, irritated, jumbled, lost, mazed, miffed, misgiving, mixed-up, mortified, nervous, nettled, off the track, on tenterhooks, out of countenance, overanxious, overapprehensive, peeved, perplexed, perturbed, piqued, plagued, provoked, put to it, put-out, put-upon, puzzled, rattled, resentful, riled, roiled, ruffled, shaken, shook, shuffled, solicitous, sore beset, strained, suspenseful, tense, troubled, turned around, uncomfortable, uneasy, unsettled, upset, vexed, without a clue, worried, zealous
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