trou·ble
trou·ble/ˈtrəb(ə)l/
noun
- difficulty or problems."I had trouble finding somewhere to park"synonyms: problems, difficulty, issues, bother, inconvenience, worry, anxiety, distress, concern, disquiet, unease, irritation, vexation, annoyance, stress, agitation, harassment, unpleasantness, hassle, problem, misfortune, issue, trial, tribulation, trauma, adversity, hardship, burden, pain, suffering, affliction, torment, woe, grief, unhappiness, sadness, heartache, misery, travails, in difficulty, in difficulties, having problems, in a mess, in a bad way, in a predicament, in dire/desperate straits, heading for disaster, heading for the rocks, in shtook, in a tight corner/spot, in a fix, in a hole, in hot water, in a jam, in a pickle, in the soup, screwed, up against it, up a gum tree, in the shit, in deep shit, up shit creek
- public unrest or disorder."the cops are preparing for trouble by bringing in tear gas"synonyms: disturbance, disorder, unrest, bother, fighting, scuffling, conflict, tumult, commotion, turbulence, uproar, ructions, fracas, rumpus, brouhaha, furor, breach of the peace, affray, to-do, hoo-ha, hullabaloo, kerfuffle
verb
cause distress or anxiety to.
"he was not troubled by doubts"
synonyms: worry, bother, cause concern to, concern, disturb, upset, make anxious, make uncomfortable, make uneasy, agitate, distress, grieve, alarm, perturb, annoy, irritate, vex, irk, torment, plague, nag, niggle, gnaw at, prey on someone's mind, oppress, weigh down, burden, afflict, perplex, puzzle, bug
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1. The quality or state of being troubled especially mentally. 2. Public unrest or disturbance. There's trouble brewing downtown. 3. An instance of trouble.
trouble verb [T] (HAVE DIFFICULTIES). to cause someone to have problems or difficulties: He has been troubled by a knee injury for most of the season.
to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate. Synonyms: confuse, upset, concern Antonyms: delight, mollify
Other forms: troubled; troubles; troubling. Trouble is anything that causes difficulty, worry, and inconvenience, or that prevents you from doing something.
1. to disturb or agitate troubled waters 2. to cause mental agitation to; worry; harass; perturb; vex 3. to cause pain or discomfort to; afflict
There are 12 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb trouble, two of which are labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation ...
TROUBLE meaning: 1 : problems or difficulties usually plural; 2 : a situation that is difficult or has a lot of problems.
What does the noun trouble mean? There are 17 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun trouble, one of which is labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for ...
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Definition of troubles. plural of trouble. 1. as in ailments. an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning hoping that the ...
[uncountable, countable] a problem, worry, difficulty, etc. or a situation causing this. We have trouble getting staff. to make/cause/spell trouble for ...