Troublesome
['trʌb(ə)ls(ə)m] or ['trʌblsəm]
Definition
(adj.) difficult to deal with; 'a troublesome infection'; 'a troublesome situation' .
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Definition
(a.) Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Vexatious, annoying, perplexing, harassing, galling, painful, burdensome, wearisome, tiresome, irksome, PLAGUY, knotty, hard.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Tiresome, irksome, difficult, tedious, arduous, laborious, grievous,importunate, vexatious
ANT:Easy, pleasant, amusing, facile, light, unlaborious, untroublesome
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Examples
- With Donne it was otherwise; he was troublesome, exasperating. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The americans have no troublesome Neighbors, they are without foreign Possessions, and do not want the alliance of any Nation, for this Reason they have nothing to do with foreign Politics. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It would have been a troublesome job and no satisfaction. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Sir Leicester receives the gout as a troublesome demon, but still a demon of the patrician order. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Now don't be troublesome, that's a good soul! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The tremendously complex nature of the chemical reactions which take place in the lead-acid storage battery also renders it an easy prey to many troublesome diseases. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- That is how families get rid of troublesome sprigs. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- There was nothing troublesome against Stephen Blackpool; yes, he might come in. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I gained nothing by evading the troublesome questions which arose concerning women and children. Plato. The Republic.
- Seven days after passing this troublesome point, the rock suddenly disappeared and the work proceeded without further trouble. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Miss Wren's troublesome child was in the corner in deep disgrace, and exhibiting great wretchedness in the shivering stage of prostration from drink. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Their gallantry is great, but they carry troublesome people through the streets in an ignominious manner, strapped down on a board, my good wench. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is almost too troublesome to her languid eyes to bestow a look upon him as she asks this question. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Should he apply directly to Mr. Brooke, and demand of that troublesome gentleman to revoke his proposal? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The name of being troublesome. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I really am a most troublesome companion to you both, but I hope I am not often so ill-equipped. Jane Austen. Emma.
- And on his complaining that he is so troubled, it takes hold of the troublesome lady and shuts her up in prison under hard discipline. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I am afraid I am sometimes very fanciful and troublesome. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Suddenly her face puckered, her brow was knit with thought, she seemed twisted in troublesome effort for utterance. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I begged permission to retain him, truly saying that he was not at all troublesome, and carried him upstairs and laid him on my bed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- That is to say, cried Marianne contemptuously, he has told you, that in the East Indies the climate is hot, and the mosquitoes are troublesome. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- It was very strange that he should come to Longbourn instead of to Lucas Lodge; it was also very inconvenient and exceedingly troublesome. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- But in the particular counties of Kent and Sussex, the restrictions are still more troublesome. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- And if you find them troublesome, you must send them home again. Jane Austen. Emma.
- A false prophet, Mokanna, who said he was God, had a brief but troublesome career. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Fire was too troublesome to make for men to be willing to let it out readily. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I shall confer estates on both--which is not being troublesome, I trust? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If it is not being troublesome, said we. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Still another part of it was a long stretch of low grape-vines, which were tanglesome and troublesome, and which we took to be brambles. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- So, keeping to byways, and shunning human approach, this troublesome old woman hid herself, and fared on all through the dreary day. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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