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Troubled

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Definitions for Troubled

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