both ‧ ered /ˈbɒðəd $ ˈbɑːðərd/ BrE AmE adjective [not before noun]
1 . worried or upset
bothered about
He doesn’t seem too bothered about the things that are written about him in the papers.
bothered that
No one else seemed bothered that Grandfather wasn’t there.
2 . not bothered especially British English if you are not bothered about something, it is not important to you:
‘What film do you want to see?’ ‘I’m not bothered.’
not bothered about
He’s not bothered about getting the facts right.
⇨ hot and bothered at ↑ hot 1 (12)
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THESAURUS
▪ worried not feeling happy or relaxed because you keep thinking about a problem or something bad that might happen:
I was worried that you had forgotten our date.
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It’s awful if you are worried about money.
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I was so worried that I couldn’t sleep at all.
▪ anxious worried because you think something bad might happen or has happened. Anxious is more formal than worried , and is often used about a general feeling of worry, when you are not sure what has happened:
A lot of employees are anxious about their jobs.
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Anxious relatives waited for news.
▪ nervous worried or frightened about something you are going to do or experience, and unable to relax:
Everyone feels nervous before an exam.
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The thought of going into hospital was making me nervous.
▪ uneasy a little worried because you feel there may be something wrong and you are not sure what is going to happen:
When she still wasn’t home by midnight, I began to feel uneasy.
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The total silence was making me feel uneasy.
▪ concerned formal worried, usually about a problem affecting someone else or affecting the country or the world:
Many people are concerned about the current economic situation.
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Police say that they are concerned for the safety of the missing girl.
▪ bothered [not before noun] worried by something that happens – often used in negative sentences:
She didn’t seem particularly bothered by the news.
▪ troubled very worried, so that you think about something a lot:
She fell into a troubled sleep.
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a troubled expression
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‘Are you okay, Ben? You look troubled.’
▪ apprehensive especially written a little worried about something you are going to do, or about the future, because you are not sure what it will be like:
I felt a bit apprehensive about seeing him again after so long.
▪ stressed (out) informal very worried and tired because of problems, too much work etc, and unable to relax or enjoy life:
He’d been working ten hours a day for ages and was stressed out.
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an extremely stressed single mother