adjective
characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need
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- troubled areas
- fell into a troubled sleep
- a troubled expression
- troubled teenagers
adjective
characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
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- 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
noun
a source of difficulty
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- one trouble after another delayed the job
- what's the problem?
noun
an angry disturbance
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- he didn't want to make a fuss
- they had labor trouble
- a spot of bother
noun
an event causing distress or pain
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- what is the trouble?
- heart trouble
noun
an effort that is inconvenient
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- I went to a lot of trouble
- he won without any trouble
- had difficulty walking
- finished the test only with great difficulty
noun
a strong feeling of anxiety
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- his worry over the prospect of being fired
- it is not work but worry that kills
- he wanted to die and end his troubles
noun
an unwanted pregnancy
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- he got several girls in trouble
verb
move deeply
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- This book upset me
- A troubling thought
verb
to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
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- Sorry to trouble you, but...
verb
disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
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- She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
verb
take the trouble to do something
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- concern oneself
- He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday
- Don't bother, please
verb
cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
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