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trouble
[ truhb-uhl ]
verb (used with object)
- to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms: ,
- to put to inconvenience, exertion, pains, or the like:
May I trouble you to shut the door?
- to cause bodily pain, discomfort, or disorder to; afflict:
to be troubled by arthritis.
- to annoy, vex, or bother:
Don't trouble her with petty complaints now.
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- to disturb, agitate, or stir up so as to make turbid, as water or wine:
A heavy gale troubled the ocean waters.
verb (used without object)
- to put oneself to inconvenience, extra effort, or the like.
- to be distressed or agitated mentally; worry:
She always troubled over her son's solitariness.
noun
- difficulty, annoyance, or harassment:
It would be no trouble at all to advise you.
- unfortunate or distressing position, circumstance, or occurrence; misfortune:
Financial trouble may threaten security.
- civil disorder, disturbance, or conflict:
political trouble in the new republic; labor troubles.
- a physical disorder, disease, ailment, etc.; ill health:
heart trouble; stomach trouble.
- mental or emotional disturbance or distress; worry:
Trouble and woe were her lot in life.
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- an instance of this:
some secret trouble weighing on his mind; a mother who shares all her children's troubles.
- effort, exertion, or pains in doing something; inconvenience endured in accomplishing some action, deed, etc.:
The results were worth the trouble it took.
- an objectionable feature; problem; drawback:
The trouble with your proposal is that it would be too costly to implement.
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- something or someone that is a cause or source of disturbance, distress, annoyance, etc.
- a personal habit or trait that is a disadvantage or a cause of mental distress:
His greatest trouble is oversensitivity.
- the Troubles,
- the violence and civil war in Ireland, 1920–22.
- the conflict between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland, beginning in 1969.
trouble
/ ˈٰʌə /
noun
- a state or condition of mental distress or anxiety
- a state or condition of disorder or unrest
industrial trouble
- a condition of disease, pain, or malfunctioning
she has liver trouble
- a cause of distress, disturbance, or pain; problem
what is the trouble?
- effort or exertion taken to do something
he took a lot of trouble over this design
- liability to suffer punishment or misfortune (esp in the phrase be in trouble )
he's in trouble with the police
- a personal quality that is regarded as a weakness, handicap, or cause of annoyance
his trouble is that he's too soft
- plural
- political unrest or public disturbances
- political violence in Ireland during the 1920s or in Northern Ireland between the late 1960s and the late 1990s
- the condition of an unmarried girl who becomes pregnant (esp in the phrase in trouble )
verb
- tr to cause trouble to; upset, pain, or worry
- intrusually with a negative and foll byabout to put oneself to inconvenience; be concerned
don't trouble about me
- intr; usually with a negative to take pains; exert oneself
please don't trouble to write everything down
- tr to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
does this noise trouble you?
- tr; usually passive to agitate or make rough
the seas were troubled
- tr to interfere with
he wouldn't like anyone to trouble his new bicycle
Derived Forms
- ˈٰdzܲ, noun
- ˈٰdzܲ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ٰdzb· adverb
- ٰdzb·Ա noun
- ٰdzb noun
- ٰdzbԲ· adverb
- ԴDz·ٰdzbԲ adjective
- v·ٰdzb verb overtroubled overtroubling
- -ٰdzb adjective
- -ٰdzbԲ adjective
- ܲ·ٰdzb adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of trouble1
Idioms and Phrases
- in trouble, Informal. pregnant out of wedlock (used as a euphemism).
More idioms and phrases containing trouble
- borrow trouble
- fish in troubled waters
- go to the trouble
- in trouble with
- pour oil on troubled waters
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"The trouble with PCR is that you have to think of the viruses that might be causing an infection and do a separate test for each and every one," she says.
Given this fact, the “conventional wisdom” suggests that Trump’s presidency should be in grave trouble at this early point in his second term.
In a letter to Sir Michael Eavis, a co-creator of the festival, Labour MP David Taylor said it would be "deeply troubling" to see the band performing at the event.
And even after foul trouble limited Reaves to a scoreless first half, he made five threes and scored 17 points.
Destined for trouble, he finds it unfailingly wherever he goes.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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