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Trouble   /trˈəbəl/   Listen
Trouble

noun
1.
A source of difficulty.  Synonym: problem.  "What's the problem?"
2.
An angry disturbance.  Synonyms: bother, fuss, hassle.  "They had labor trouble" , "A spot of bother"
3.
An event causing distress or pain.  "Heart trouble"
4.
An effort that is inconvenient.  Synonym: difficulty.  "He won without any trouble" , "Had difficulty walking" , "Finished the test only with great difficulty"
5.
A strong feeling of anxiety.  Synonym: worry.  "It is not work but worry that kills" , "He wanted to die and end his troubles"
6.
An unwanted pregnancy.
verb
(past & past part. troubled; pres. part. troubling)
1.
Move deeply.  Synonyms: disturb, upset.  "A troubling thought"
2.
To cause inconvenience or discomfort to.  Synonyms: bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out.
3.
Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed.  Synonyms: cark, disorder, disquiet, distract, perturb, unhinge.
4.
Take the trouble to do something; concern oneself.  Synonyms: bother, inconvenience oneself, trouble oneself.  "Don't bother, please"
5.
Cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed.  Synonyms: ail, pain.



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"Trouble" Quotes from Famous Books



... business, and eased my mind of two or three things of weight that lay upon me about Lanyon's salary, which I have got to be L150 per annum. Thence to Westminster to look after getting some little for some great tallys, but shall find trouble in it. Thence homeward and met with Sir Philip Warwicke, and spoke about this, in which he is scrupulous. After that to talk of the wants of the Navy. He lays all the fault now upon the new Act, and owns his owne folly in thinking once so well of it as to ...
— Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete • Samuel Pepys

... whom he could confide. He could not tell any of the boys, for he was unwilling to lose their esteem, besides, it was none of their business; he was terrified of his father's wrath, and from his mother, his usual and unfailing resort in every trouble of his whole life, he was now ...
— Glengarry Schooldays • Ralph Connor

... any students here who, now that I have explained that Professor Frazer leaves us of his own free will, still persist in their stubborn desire to create trouble, and still feel that the faculty have not treated Professor Frazer properly, or that we have endeavored to coerce him, then let them stand up, right here and now, in chapel. I mean it! Let them stop this cowardly running to and fro and secret gossip. Let them stand ...
— The Trail of the Hawk - A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life • Sinclair Lewis

... you save trouble; for the steam-boats being changed every evening, you have to take your luggage on shore, shift it from one to the other, and, at the very time that you are least inclined to do anything, independent of an enormous expense ...
— Olla Podrida • Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)

... not approve of Ditson, and he feared that Gordon had a weak nature, so that he could be easily influenced. Walter had greatly taken to heart being dropped by Putnam, and he seemed utterly reckless and careless about himself. If he did not look out, he was almost sure to get into trouble and find himself "rusticated" or ...
— Frank Merriwell at Yale • Burt L. Standish


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