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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.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- 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.
Synonyms: , , ,
- 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
/ ˈ³Ù°ùÊŒ²úÉ™±ô /
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
- ˈ³Ù°ù´Ç³Ü²ú±ô±ð°ù, noun
- ˈ³Ù°ù´Ç³Ü²ú±ô±ð»å, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ù°ù´Ç³Üb±ô±ð»å·±ô²â adverb
- ³Ù°ù´Ç³Üb±ô±ð»å·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
- ³Ù°ù´Ç³Üb±ô±ð°ù noun
- ³Ù°ù´Ç³Üb±ô¾±²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
- ²Ô´Ç²Ô·³Ù°ù´Ç³Üb±ô¾±²Ô²µ adjective
- ´Çv±ð°ù·³Ù°ù´Ç³Üb±ô±ð verb overtroubled overtroubling
- ²õ±ð±ô´Ú-³Ù°ù´Ç³Üb±ô±ð»å adjective
- ²õ±ð±ô´Ú-³Ù°ù´Ç³Üb±ô¾±²Ô²µ adjective
- ³Ü²Ô·³Ù°ù´Ç³Üb±ô±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of trouble1
˜yÐÄvlog 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
But among his supporters, his ongoing legal troubles have only further buttressed the image of a wronged saviour.
Another neighbour said when police first arrived at the family's "immaculate" semi-detached house in July 2023, she had thought one of the lodgers they sometimes hosted must have been in trouble.
Forensic investigators obtained a full DNA profile from blood found on the bin-bags, but as she had never been in trouble before checks on police databases drew a blank.
However, specifically with share prices, trouble over an extended period could have an effect on the amount of work available.
“It’s probably going to hurt at first, but I think our country’s in big trouble,†she said as she loaded bags of soil for her garden into her car.
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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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