An article published in Harvard Menâs Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
TROUBLE
trouble, difficulty
(noun) an effort that is inconvenient; âI went to a lot of troubleâ; âhe won without any troubleâ; âhad difficulty walkingâ; âfinished the test only with great difficultyâ
trouble, problem
(noun) a source of difficulty; âone trouble after another delayed the jobâ; âwhatâs the problem?â
trouble
(noun) an event causing distress or pain; âwhat is the trouble?â; âheart troubleâ
fuss, trouble, bother, hassle
(noun) an angry disturbance; âhe didnât want to make a fussâ; âthey had labor troubleâ; âa spot of botherâ
worry, trouble
(noun) a strong feeling of anxiety; âhis worry over the prospect of being firedâ; âit is not work but worry that killsâ; âhe wanted to die and end his troublesâ
trouble
(noun) an unwanted pregnancy; âhe got several girls in troubleâ
trouble, ail, pain
(verb) cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder
(verb) disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; âShe was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously illâ
disturb, upset, trouble
(verb) move deeply; âThis book upset meâ; âA troubling thoughtâ
trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother
(verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; âSorry to trouble you, but...â
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
trouble (countable and uncountable, plural troubles)
A distressing or dangerous situation.
A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.
A violent occurrence or event.
Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required.
A malfunction.
Liability to punishment; conflict with authority.
(mining) A fault or interruption in a stratum.
(Cockney rhyming slang) Wife. Clipping of trouble and strife.
Usage notes
• Verbs often used with "trouble": make, spell, stir up, ask for, etc.
Synonyms
• See also difficult situation
Verb
trouble (third-person singular simple present troubles, present participle troubling, simple past and past participle troubled)
(transitive, now, rare) To disturb, stir up, agitate (a medium, especially water).
(transitive) To mentally distress; to cause (someone) to be anxious or perplexed.
(transitive) In weaker sense: to bother or inconvenience.
(reflexive or intransitive) To take pains to do something.
(intransitive) To worry; to be anxious.
Anagrams
• Boulter, boulter
Source: Wiktionary
Trou"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Troubled; p. pr. & vb. n. Troubling.] Etym: [F. troubler, OF. trobler, trubler, tourbler,fr. (assumed) LL. turbulare, L. turbare to disorderly group, a little crowd; both from turba a disorder, tumult, crowd; akin to Gr. thorp; cf. Skr. tvar, tur,o hasten. Cf. Turbid.]
1. To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate. An angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water. John v. 4. God looking forth will trouble all his host. Milton.
2. To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex. Now is my soul troubled. John xii. 27. Take the boy to you; he so troubles me 'T is past enduring. Shak. Never trouble yourself about those faults which age will cure. Locke.
3. To give occasion for labor to; -- used in polite phraseology; as, I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.
Syn.
– To disturb; perplex; afflict; distress; grieve; harass; annoy; tease; vex; molest.
Trou"ble, a.
Definition: Troubled; dark; gloomy. [Obs.] "With full trouble cheer." Chaucer.
Trou"ble, n. Etym: [F. trouble, OF. troble, truble. See Trouble, v. t.]
1. The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation; uneasiness; vexation; calamity. Lest the fiend . . . some new trouble raise. Milton. Foul whisperings are abroad; unnatural deeds Do breed unnatural troubles. Shak.
2. That which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation; that which afflicts.
3. (Mining)
Definition: A fault or interruption in a stratum. To get into trouble, to get into difficulty or danger. [Colloq.] -- To take the trouble, to be at the pains; to exert one's self; to give one's self inconvenience. She never took the trouble to close them. Bryant.
Syn.
– Affliction; disturbance; perplexity; annoyance; molestation; vexation; inconvenience; calamity; misfortune; adversity; embarrassment; anxiety; sorrow; misery.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; âthe thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; âLet them eat cakeââ
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