TROUBLED
disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent
(adjective) characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; “effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive”; “riotous times”; “these troubled areas”; “the tumultuous years of his administration”; “a turbulent and unruly childhood”
troubled
(adjective) characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need; “troubled areas”; “fell into a troubled sleep”; “a troubled expression”; “troubled teenagers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
troubled (comparative more troubled, superlative most troubled)
anxious, worried, careworn.
Verb
troubled
simple past tense and past participle of trouble
Source: Wiktionary
TROUBLE
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