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- pronunciation:
- truh
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
causing anxiety, worry, or bother.
Her most troublesome student was expelled for defacing school property.- synonyms:
- bothersome, distressing, disturbing, worrisome
- antonyms:
- innocuous, unproblematic
- similar words:
- annoying, difficult, hard, irksome, irritating, nagging, pesky, troubling, trying, vexing, weighty
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| definition 2: |
difficult; burdensome; laborious.
Cleaning out the basement after the flooding was a troublesome chore.- synonyms:
- burdensome, difficult, hard, laborious, tough
- antonyms:
- easy, simple, unproblematic
- similar words:
- arduous, cumbersome, inconvenient, knotty, onerous, strenuous, tedious, thorny, unpleasant, uphill
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| related words: |
hard, painful, tight, tiresome, ugly |
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