TROUBLE

trouble, difficulty

(noun) an effort that is inconvenient; “I went to a lot of trouble”; “he won without any trouble”; “had difficulty walking”; “finished the test only with great difficulty”

trouble, problem

(noun) a source of difficulty; “one trouble after another delayed the job”; “what’s the problem?”

trouble

(noun) an event causing distress or pain; “what is the trouble?”; “heart trouble”

fuss, trouble, bother, hassle

(noun) an angry disturbance; “he didn’t want to make a fuss”; “they had labor trouble”; “a spot of bother”

worry, trouble

(noun) a strong feeling of anxiety; “his worry over the prospect of being fired”; “it is not work but worry that kills”; “he wanted to die and end his troubles”

trouble

(noun) an unwanted pregnancy; “he got several girls in trouble”

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; “She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill”

disturb, upset, trouble

(verb) move deeply; “This book upset me”; “A troubling thought”

trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother

(verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; “Sorry to trouble you, but...”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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