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trou·ble
 trouble
- pronunciation:
- truh
b
 l
- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
troubled, troubles, troubling |
| definition 1: |
to disturb or worry.
What is troubling you?It troubles me when you stay quiet for so long.- synonyms:
- distress, upset, worry
- antonyms:
- comfort
- similar words:
- agitate, ail, alarm, bewilder, bother, concern, depress, dismay, disturb, eat, fluster, fret, shake
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| definition 2: |
to bother or annoy.
I hope I'm not troubling you with my problems.- synonyms:
- annoy, bother, bug, irritate
- similar words:
- aggravate, badger, bully, disturb, eat, exasperate, harass, hassle, nag, pester, pick on, plague, terrorize, torment, worry
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| definition 3: |
to cause to do extra work.
May I trouble you to get my coat?- synonyms:
- inconvenience
- similar words:
- bother, burden, disturb, impose on, interrupt
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| definition 4: |
to take great effort or pains.
He troubled over the speech for weeks.- synonyms:
- labor, toil
- similar words:
- bother, work, worry
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| related words: |
affect, afflict, bug, disagree, distract, suffer, try |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a state or condition of being disturbed or in need.
The boat had tipped over and they were in serious trouble.- synonyms:
- distress, misery, need, woe
- similar words:
- adversity, affliction, agony, anguish, anxiety, difficulty, fix, jam, mess, pain, predicament, sorrow, straits, stress, suffering, want
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| definition 2: |
a source of difficulty or distress.
We love our dog, but he's been trouble since we got him.- synonyms:
- adversity, bother, nuisance, sorrow, woe
- similar words:
- affliction, annoyance, blow, burden, cross, curse, difficulty, distress, grief, hassle, inconvenience, misery, misfortune, ordeal, pain, pest, problem, trial, worry
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| definition 3: |
effort; work.
It is no trouble at all to feed the cat.- synonyms:
- effort
- similar words:
- bother, burden, difficulty, inconvenience, labor, length, pains, problem, work
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| related words: |
bind, care, evil, ill, matter, mishap |
| derivation: |
troublingly (adv.) |
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