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trouˇble
trouˇble/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
Sep 28, 2024 ˇ 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.
5 days ago ˇ 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.
Jun 15, 2024 ˇ 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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Sep 23, 2024 ˇ 3 meanings: 1. your troubles are the things that you are worried about 2. politics political unrest or public disturbances 3. →.
Sep 28, 2024 ˇ Definition of trouble. 1. as in disease. an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning hoping that the doctor will be able to ...
3 days ago ˇ [transitive] trouble somebody to make somebody worried or upset. What is it that's troubling you? He was deeply troubled by the allegations.
5 days ago ˇ Synonyms ... distress ... worry ... upset ... dismay ... grieve ... disquiet ... make uneasy ... agitate ... perturb ... concern ... discompose ... disconcert ... unsettle ... oppress.
Sep 25, 2024 ˇ The Troubles (Irish: Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998.
Sep 17, 2024 ˇ The Troubles, violent sectarian conflict from about 1968 to 1998 in Northern Ireland between the overwhelmingly Protestant unionists (loyalists)
Sep 12, 2024 ˇ the name given to periods of political and social disturbance in Ireland, especially in the 20th century.