Bothered and Tortured

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Bothered adjective - Subjected to and reacting with irritation.

Usage example: she finally learned not to get all hot and bothered over his insensitive remarks

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Tortured and bothered are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tortured" instead the word "Bothered" as an adjective or a verb.

Tortured adjective - Experiencing intense pain especially mental pain.

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Bothered and tortured are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bothered" instead the word "Tortured" as an adjective or a verb.

Nearby Words: torture, torturous, torturing, torturer

Some people bothered her into separating it into the eponymous Downside and Upside, having people going downside tortured.

Source: A Hell of a Time
This is the Hell where the Warner Brothers and their Sister end up in the Animaniacs episode "Hot, Bothered and Bedeviled." It is where sinners are tortured by being thrown into lakes of fire, poked with pitchforks, and forced to watch reruns of The Facts of Life.

Source: Fire and Brimstone Hell

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