botheredadjective [ after verb ]
uk/ˈbɒð.əd/us/ˈbɑː.ðɚd/B2 If you are bothered about something, it is important to you and you are worried about it:
He's very bothered about what people think of him.
They were an hour late and she didn't seem at all bothered.
The bright sunshine made him feel hot and bothered (= hot and uncomfortable).
not bothered UK informal
If you are not bothered about something, it is not important to you or does not worry you:
"Tea or coffee?" "Either - I'm not bothered."
I'm not bothered whether I go or not.
More examples
- I thought Mum would be furious when I told her, but she didn't seem particularly bothered.
- What are you so bothered about? The car isn't damaged or anything.
- The star says he's not bothered by the personal attacks on him that have appeared in the press recently.
- "I thought you wanted to go out." "No, I'm not really bothered."
- He was more bothered about missing the train than about getting me to hospital.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Anxious and worried
- (all) hot and bothered idiom
- -racked
- a bundle of nerves idiom
- aflutter
- agitate
- alarmed
- anxious
- apprehensive
- demented
- dread
- get in a sweat idiom
- grim
- harassed
- haunted
- have a cow idiom
- prey on sth
- rattled
- rest easy idiom
- restive
- restless
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Lacking interest and enthusiasm