Trouble
['trʌb(ə)l] or ['trʌbl]
Definition
(noun.) an effort that is inconvenient; 'I went to a lot of trouble'; 'he won without any trouble'; 'had difficulty walking'; 'finished the test only with great difficulty'.
(noun.) a source of difficulty; 'one trouble after another delayed the job'; 'what's the problem?'.
(noun.) an event causing distress or pain; 'what is the trouble?'; 'heart trouble'.
(noun.) an unwanted pregnancy; 'he got several girls in trouble'.
(verb.) cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed.
(verb.) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; 'Sorry to trouble you, but...'.
Editor: Spence--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.
(v. t.) To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex.
(v. t.) To give occasion for labor to; -- used in polite phraseology; as, I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.
(a.) Troubled; dark; gloomy.
(v. t.) The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation; uneasiness; vexation; calamity.
(v. t.) That which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation; that which afflicts.
(v. t.) A fault or interruption in a stratum.
Typist: Yvette
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Agitate, disturb, derange.[2]. Afflict, distress, grieve, annoy, vex, fret, plague, torment, harass, worry, pester, badger, disquiet, concern, make anxious, make uneasy.
n. [1]. Affliction, distress, suffering, calamity, grief, tribulation, adversity, misfortune, sorrow, woe.[2]. Annoyance, perplexity, vexation, embarrassment, plague, torment, molestation.[3]. Matter, cause of distress.
Inputed by Cole
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Affliction, disturbance, annoyance, perplexity, molestation, vexation,inconvenience, calamity, distress, uneasiness, tribulation, disaster, torment,misfortune, adversity, anxiety, embarrassment, sorrow, misery, grief,depression, difficulty, labor, toil, effort
ANT:Alleviation, composure, pleasure, appeasement, delight, assuagement, happiness,gratification, boon, blessing, exultation, joy, gladness, ease, facility, luck,recreation, amusement, carelessness, indifference, indolence, inertia,indulgence
SYN:Disturb, vex, agitate, confuse, perplex, distress, annoy, harass, tease,molest, grieve, mortify, oppress
ANT:Compose, calm, allay, appease, please, soothe, delight, gratify, recreate,entertain, relieve, refresh
Edited by Aaron
Definition
v.t. to put into a confused state: to agitate: to disturb: to annoy: to busy or engage overmuch: to put to inconvenience.—v.i. to take pains.—n. disturbance: affliction: disease: uneasiness: that which disturbs or afflicts.—ns. Troub′le-mirth a kill-joy; Troub′ler.—adj. Troub′lesome causing or giving trouble or inconvenience: vexatious: importunate: troublous.—adv. Troub′lesomely.—n. Troub′lesomeness.—adj. Troub′lous full of trouble or disorder: agitated: tumultuous: disturbing.—Cast oil on troubled waters (fig.) to appease calm quieten.
Editor: Lucius
Unserious Contents or Definition
Something that many are looking for but no one wants.
Checker: Wendy
Examples
- That she had chosen to move away from him in this moment of her trouble made everything harder to say, but he must absolutely go on. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And then I asked him if I might come to see you; because I felt so much for his trouble and yours. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- To save you trouble. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- But we shall take a shorter cut through the furze than you can go with long clothes; so we won't trouble you to wait. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- You will get over any trouble I have caused you, easily enough now. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And if they really are in trouble--well, it is my duty to help them out of it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But the trouble with them is that the psychology is weak and uninformed, distorted by moral enthusiasms, and put out without any particular reference to the task of statesmanship. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I understand that this installation was not commercially successful, as there were a great many troubles. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was only to-day that I spoke to Major Prendergast about my troubles and was advised by him to come to you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- And then he heard Lydgate's account of the troubles which Rosamond had already depicted to him in her way. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Being very tired with his walk, however, he soon fell asleep and forgot his troubles. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It probably did much to disorganize social life and prepare the way for the troubles that followed the accession of Commodus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Let us have no more troubles and heart-burnings that any sacrifice of mine can prevent. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The troubles she has had here have wearied her, said Lydgate, breaking off again, lest he should say too much. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It was the first, or among the first of locks which troubled modern burglars' picks. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Yes,' said Lizzie, whose manner was a little troubled. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mortimer again turned to the informer, to whom he said: 'You have been troubled in your mind a long time, man? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I am sorry that Miss Sutherland has troubled you about this little matter, for I think it is far better not to wash linen of the sort in public. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- They had never troubled me before, but they troubled me now, as vulgar appendages. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I know little of the Knight of Ivanhoe, answered the Palmer, with a troubled voice. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I cannot help it, said Clym, in a troubled tone. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Now, can we find justice without troubling ourselves about temperance? Plato. The Republic.
- HE won't be troubling me this morning, Jos thought, with his dandified airs and his impudence. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I ask your pardon for troubling you, sir. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Good morning, reddleman, she said, hardly troubling to lift her heavily shaded eyes to his. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I'll let her a little blood, without troubling the doctor, if she's took that way again,' said Sikes. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It is not worth troubling so good a heart as yours with. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Nothing worth troubling you with. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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