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- pronunciation:
- truh
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- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun)
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
troubles, troubling, troubled |
| 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: |
difficulty that causes stress, pain, or the need for extra effort or assistance.
Amy had trouble seeing the board in the classroom before she got her glasses.Mike has been having trouble with his math recently.- synonyms:
- difficulty, problem
- similar words:
- woe
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| definition 4: |
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 |
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| derivation: |
troublingly (adv.) |
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