brothered
Treated as kin
Brothered is the past tense of brother, a verb meaning to treat someone as a brother or make them a brother.
The word appears rarely, mostly in religious or fraternal contexts where members formally accept one another: He was brothered into the order.
More commonly, people use the phrase treated like a brother instead.
Intensely irritated, patience gone
- aggravatedIntensified or vexed
- frustratedAnnoyed by obstacles
- irritatedSlightly angered or bothered
- irkedMildly angered
vexed · pestered · bothered · nagged · harried · hassled · hounded · badgered
Repeatedly mistreated by aggressors
- intimidatedMade fearful by threat
- tormentedSubjected to severe distress
- persecutedSubjected to hostile treatment
- victimizedTreated cruelly or unfairly
hounded · stalked · threatened · pressured · coerced · taunted · teased · belittled
exasperated
Intensely irritated, patience gone
- aggravatedIntensified or vexed
- frustratedAnnoyed by obstacles
- irritatedSlightly angered or bothered
irked · vexed · pestered · bothered · nagged · harried · hassled · hounded · badgered · needled
bullied
Repeatedly mistreated by aggressors
- intimidatedMade fearful by threat
- tormentedSubjected to severe distress
- persecutedSubjected to hostile treatment
victimized · hounded · stalked · threatened · pressured · coerced · taunted · teased · belittled · humiliated
- older brotherMale sibling born earlier
- little brotherYounger male sibling
- younger brotherMale sibling born later
- baby brotherYoung male sibling
- big brotherOlder male sibling
- twin brotherMale born simultaneously
brother, brothers, brotherly, brotherhood, brothering, unbrotherly, brotherliness