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

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Adjective

troubled (comparative more troubled, superlative most troubled)

anxious, worried, careworn.

Verb

troubled

simple past tense and past participle of trouble

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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