trou·ble (tr b  l)n. 1. A state of distress, affliction, difficulty, or need: tried to console them in their trouble; got in trouble with the police. 2. A distressing or difficult circumstance or situation: I've had troubles ever since I took this job. 3. A cause or source of distress, disturbance, or difficulty: The new recruits were a trouble to him. 4. Effort, especially when inconvenient or bothersome: went to a lot of trouble to find this book. 5. A condition of pain, disease, or malfunction: heart trouble; car trouble. 6. a. Public unrest or disorder. b. An instance of this; a disturbance. c. Troubles Any of various conflicts or rebellions in Ireland or Northern Ireland, especially the period of social unrest in Northern Ireland beginning in 1969. v. trou·bled, trou·bling, trou·bles v.tr. 1. To agitate; stir up. 2. To afflict with pain or discomfort. 3. To cause emotional strain or anxiety to; worry or distress. 4. To inconvenience; bother: May I trouble you for directions? v.intr. To take pains: They trouble over every detail. [Middle English, from Old French, from troubler, to trouble, from Vulgar Latin *turbul  re, alteration (influenced by Latin turbula, small group, diminutive of turba, crowd) of Late Latin turbidre, from Latin turbidus, confused; see turbid.]trou bler n.trou bling·ly adv.Synonyms: trouble, ail, distress, worry These verbs mean to cause anxious uneasiness in: His behavior troubles his parents. What problems are ailing you? The bad news distressed us. Her high fever worries the doctor. |
trouble
Noun
1. difficulties or problems: I'd trouble finding somewhere to park
2. a cause of distress, disturbance, or pain: we must be sensitive to the troubles of other people
3. disease or a problem with one's health: ear trouble
4. a state of disorder, ill-feeling, or unrest: the police had orders to intervene at the first sign of trouble
5. effort or exertion to do something: they didn't even take the trouble to see the film before banning it
6. a personal weakness or cause of annoyance: his trouble is that he's constitutionally jealous
7. in trouble
a. likely to be punished for something one has done: in trouble with the public prosecutor
b. pregnant when not married
8. more trouble than it's worth involving a lot of time or effort for very little reward: making your own pasta is more trouble than it's worth
Verb
[-bling, -bled]
1. to cause trouble to
2. to make an effort or exert oneself: he dismissed the letters as forgeries without troubling to examine them
3. to cause inconvenience or discomfort to: sorry to trouble you! [Old French troubler]
troubled adj
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  trouble - a source of difficulty; "one trouble after another delayed the job"; "what's the problem?"difficulty - a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result; "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent" pressure point - where problems or difficulties are likely to occur; "a key pressure point in the controversy was the building permit" can of worms - a source of unpredictable trouble and complexity deep water - serious trouble growing pains - problems that arise in enlarging an enterprise (especially in the early stages) hydra - trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality; "we may be facing a hydra that defies any easy solution" matter - a problem; "is anything the matter?" |
| 2. |  trouble - an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"disturbance, perturbation - activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption; "the term `distress' connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset"; "he looked around for the source of the disturbance"; "there was a disturbance of neural function" | |
| 3. |  trouble - an event causing distress or pain; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble"misfortune, bad luck - unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event affliction - a cause of great suffering and distress convulsion - a physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval embarrassment - some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals" onslaught - a sudden and severe onset of trouble | |
| 4. |  trouble - 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"elbow grease, exertion, effort, travail, sweat - use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion" the devil - something difficult or awkward to do or deal with; "it will be the devil to solve" tsuris - (Yiddish) aggravating trouble; "the frustrating tsuris he subjected himself to" | |
| 5. |  trouble - a strong feeling of anxiety; "his worry over the prospect of being fired"; "it is not work but worry that kills"; "he wanted to die and end his troubles"anxiety - a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune | |
| 6. |  trouble - an unwanted pregnancy; "he got several girls in trouble" | |
| Verb | 1. |  trouble - move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"charge up, commove, agitate, rouse, excite, turn on, charge - cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" jolt - disturb (someone's) composure; "The audience was jolted by the play" cark, disorder, disquiet, perturb, unhinge, distract, trouble - disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" impress, strike, affect, move - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" distress - cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother" |
| 2. |  trouble - to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..." | |
| 3. |  trouble - disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" | |
| 4. |  trouble - take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please" | |
| 5. | trouble - cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed hurt - give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" recrudesce, break out, erupt - become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce" |
trouble
noun 1. bother, problems, concern, worry, stress, difficulty (informal) anxiety, distress, grief Brit., S. African irritation, hassle (informal) strife, inconvenience, unease, disquiet, annoyance, agitation, commotion, unpleasantness, vexation
noun 2. (often plural) distress, problem, suffering, worry, pain, anxiety, grief, torment, hardship, sorrow, woe, irritation, hassle (informal) misfortune, heartache, disquiet, annoyance, agitation, tribulation, bummer (slang) vexation << OPPOSITE pleasure
noun 3. ailment, disease, failure, complaint, upset, illness, disorder, disability, defect, malfunction
noun 4. disorder, fighting, row, conflict, bother, grief Brit., S. African unrest, disturbance, to-do (informal) discontent, dissatisfaction, furore, uproar, scuffling, discord, fracas, commotion, rumpus, breach of the peace, tumult, affray Law brouhaha, ructions, hullabaloo (informal) kerfuffle Brit. (informal) hoo-ha (informal) biffo Austral. (slang) boilover Austral. << OPPOSITE peace
noun 5. problem, bother, concern, pest, irritation, hassle (informal) nuisance, inconvenience, irritant, cause of annoyance
noun 6. effort, work, thought, care, labour, struggle, pains, bother, grief Brit., S. African hassle (informal) inconvenience, exertion << OPPOSITE convenience
noun 7. difficulty, hot water (informal) predicament, deep water (informal) spot (informal) danger, mess, dilemma, scrape (informal) pickle (informal) dire straits, tight spot
verb 8. bother, worry, upset, disturb, distress, annoy, plague, grieve, torment, harass, hassle (informal) afflict, pain, fret, agitate, sadden, perplex, disconcert, disquiet, pester, vex, perturb, faze, give someone grief Brit., S. African discompose, put or get someone's back up, hack you off (informal) << OPPOSITE please
verb 10. inconvenience, disturb, burden, put out, impose upon, discommode, incommode << OPPOSITE relieve
verb 11. take pains, take the time, make an effort, go to the effort of, exert yourself << OPPOSITE avoid
Translations
trouble [ˈtrʌbl] n → problema m; dificultad f (= worry); preocupación f (= bother, effort); molestia, esfuerzo (= unrest); inquietud f;
vi to trouble to do sth → molestarse en hacer algo;
troubles npl (POL etc) → conflictos mpl;
to have trouble doing sth → tener dificultad en or para hacer algo;
trouble [ˈtrʌbl] n → difficulté(s) f(pl), problème(s) m(pl) (= worry); ennuis mpl, soucis mpl (= bother, effort); peine f;
(Med);
troubles npl (Pol etc) → troubles;
to be in trouble → avoir des ennuis; [ship, climber etc] → être en difficulté;
it's no trouble! → je vous en prie!;
trouble [ˈtrʌbl] n → Schwierigkeiten pl (= bother, effort); Umstände pl (= unrest); Unruhen pl
vt (= worry) → beunruhigen (= disturb) [+ person] → belästigen
troubles npl (personal) → Probleme pl;
(Pol etc) → Unruhen pl;
to be in trouble → in Schwierigkeiten sein;
to have trouble doing sth → Schwierigkeiten or Probleme haben, etw zu tun;
what's the trouble? → wo fehlts?;
trouble [ˈtrʌbl] n (= problems) → difficoltà fpl; problemi mpl (= worry); preoccupazione f (= bother, effort); sforzo;
(with sth mechanical) → noie fpl;
(POL) → conflitti mpl; disordine m;
(MED): stomach etc trouble → disturbi mpl gastrici etc
vt → disturbare (= worry); preoccupare
vi to trouble to do → disturbarsi a fare;
troubles npl (POL etc) → disordini mpl;
it's no trouble! → di niente!;
to have trouble doing sth → avere delle difficoltà a fare qc;
please don't trouble yourself → non si disturbi
n trouble [ˈtrabl]
1 (something which causes) worry, difficulty, work, anxiety etc He never talks about his troubles; We've had a lot of trouble with our children; I had a lot of trouble finding the book you wanted. gesukkel قَلَق، تَعَب грижа potíž, trápení problem; besvær die Mühe φασαρία, μπελάς, κόπος problema raskus, mure مشکل؛ نگرانی vaikeudet problème צָרוֹת, בְּעָיָה परेशानी poteškoća, briga baj kesulitan erfiðleikar problema 苦労 걱정거리, 어려움 rūpestis, vargas nepatikšanas; rūpes; raizes; grūtības kesusahan; kepayahan zorg vanskelighet, problem, bryderi zmartwienie, fatyga, kłopot problema necaz, problemă неприятность; хлопоты ťažkosť, starosť, trápenie težava nezgoda besvär, möda, bekymmer ปัญหา dert, sıkıntı, sorun 煩惱，麻煩 турбота, клопіт پريشاني điều rắc rối 烦恼，麻烦
2 disturbances; rebellion, fighting etc It occurred during the time of the troubles in Cyprus. gevegte إضْطِرابات безредици nepokoje problem die Unruhen(pl.) ταραχή, φασαρία disturbios, conflictos; altercados rahutused آشوب levottomuudet troubles מְהוּמוֹת तकलीफ nemir, pobuna zavargás kerusuhan víðsjár, átök tumulto 争い 분쟁 neramumai nemieri; sacelšanās; jukas kekacauan onlusten uro, bråk zamieszki conflitos tulburări беспорядки nepokoje nemiri nemir oro, orolighet การบกวน kargaşa, karışıklık 動亂 заворушення; хвилювання بلوہ bạo lực, nổi loạn 动乱
3 illness or weakness (in a particular part of the body) He has heart trouble. moeilikheid, siekte عِلَّه، مَرَض заболяване potíže problem; -problem; besvær; -besvær das Leiden ενόχληση, πάθηση problema, enfermedad häda عیب؛ نارسایی vaiva maladie מַחֲלָה अशान्ति bolest, tegoba betegség gangguan veikindi problema 病気 병, 장애 negalavimas, susirgimas, liga kaite; vaina masalah kwaal (-)plage, (-)sykdom, skavank dolegliwość problema boală недуг; болезнь ťažkosť, choroba težave problem sjukdom, ont, besvär ความเจ็บป่วย; ความอ่อนแอ (เฉพาะส่วนในร่างกาย) hastalık, rahatsızlık 疾病 хвороба بيماري، کمزوري bệnh, ốm 疾病
v
1 to cause worry, anger or sadness to She was troubled by the news of her sister's illness. kwel يُقْلِق، يُزْعِج، يَنْزَعِج безпокоя (се) znepokojit bekymre beunruhigen ανησυχώ, στενοχωρώ afligir; inquietar, preocupar muret tegema نگران کردن؛ آزار دادن huolestuttaa troubler לְהַטרִיד परेशान करना uznemiriti, uzrujati aggaszt mengganggu valda áhyggjum/reiði/ama turbare 悩ませる 괴롭히다 sujaudinti, (kam) sukelti nerimą uztraukt; sagādāt rūpes/pūles mengganggu verontrusten bekymre, uroe zmartwić perturbar a tulbura тревожить(ся) znepokojiť (sa), trápiť (sa) vznemiriti uznemiriti se oroa, bekymra, plåga, besvära ทำให้ไม่สบายใจ üzmek, canını sıkmak 使煩惱，憂慮 турбувати(ся), хвилювати(ся) تکليف دينا làm phiền 使烦恼，忧虑
2 used as part of a very polite and formal request May I trouble you to close the window? pla, vra تُسْتَعْمَل في جُمْلَة الطَّلَب المُهَذَّب бихте ли obtěžovat ulejlige bemühen ενοχλώ, βάζω στον κόπο molestar; ¿sería tan amable de...? tülitama به زحمت انداختن vaivata déranger לְהַטרִיד, לְהַפרִיע नम्रता पूर्वक निवेदन करना smetati zavar merepotkan trufla, ónáða disturbare わずらわせる (부탁·간청) 번거롭게 하다 paprašyti, sutrukdyti Vai drīkstu jums lūgt... mengganggu mogen vragen bry en med, uleilige fatygować, niepokoić incomodar a deranja беспокоить;затруднять obťažovať nadlegovati uznemiriti besvära, be รบกวน rahatsız etmek, zahmete sokmak (表示客氣時用語)麻煩 вживається у ввічливому проханні زحمت دينا làm phiền （表示客气时用语）麻烦
3 to make any effort He didn't even trouble to tell me what had happened. moeite doen يُزْعِجُ نَفْسَه، يَبذُل جُهْدا опитвам се obtěžovat se ulejlige sich bemühen μπαίνω στον κόπο, σκοτίζομαι molestarse, tomarse la molestia vaevuma زحمت کشیدن vaivautua se donner la peine de לִטרוֹחַ कष्ट उठाना potruditi se veszi magának a fáradságot repot-repot hafa fyrir (að gera e-ð) disturbarsi 手数をかける 수고를 아끼지 않다 stengtis, rūpintis papūlēties; pacensties cuba utk moeite doen bry seg med, ta seg tid til pofatygować się dar-se ao incómodo a-şi da osteneala потрудиться obťažovať sa potruditi se potruditi se göra sig besvär พยายาม zahmet etmek, zahmete girmek (常用於否定句)使煩惱，費心 трудитися, намагатися زحمت اٹھانا cố gắng （常用于否定句）使烦恼，费心
adj troubled
(negativeuntroubled)
1 worried or anxious He is obviously a troubled man. bekommerd قَلِق، مُنْزَعِج притеснен ustaraný bekymret geplagt προβληματισμένος, ανήσυχος preocupado, inquieto murelik نگران huolestunut préoccupé מוּטרָד चिंतित, उत्सुक zabrinut, tjeskoban nyugtalan khawatir áhyggjufullur preoccupato 悩んでいる 걱정스러운 prislėgtas rūpesčių norūpējies; uztraucies susah hati bezorgd bekymret, engstelig zmartwiony, niespokojny perturbado preocupat беспокойный ustaraný zaskrbljen uznemiren orolig, bekymrad ที่วิตกกังวล kederli, üzgün 憂慮的 занепокоєний; стривожений پريشان، متفکر phiền phức 忧虑的
2 disturbed and not peaceful troubled sleep. rusteloos غَيْر هادِئ непокоен neklidný urolig unruhig ανήσυχος, ταραγμένος agitado rahutu آشفته levoton agité מוּטרָד चिंतित, शांत uznemiren, nemiran zaklatott gelisah ókyrr, óvær agitato 不安な 어수선한 neramus nemierīgs; satraukts terganggu onrustig urolig niespokojny perturbado agitat тревожный nepokojný nemiren nemiran orolig, ängslig ที่กระวนกระวาย sıkıntılı, sorunlu 紛亂的，不安的 неспокійний; штормовий بے سکون khó chịu 纷乱的，不安的
adj troublesome
causing worry or difficulty troublesome children/tasks. moeisaam مُزْعِج، مُقْلِق обезпокоителен obtížný besværlig beschwerlich ενοχλητικός, δύσκολος, προβληματικός molesto; problemático, difícil tülikas, raske پر دردسر hankala pénible מַטרִיד दुखदायी zabrinjavajući fárasztó merepotkan þungbær, erfiður fastidioso わずらわしい 골치아픈, 성가신 sukeliantis daug rūpesčių, neramus, varginantis nemierīgs; traucējošs; apgrūtinošs menyusahkan lastig vanskelig, brysom, plagsom nieznośny, kłopotliwy incomodativo care îţi creează probleme, care îţi dă dureri de cap трудный neposlušný; ťažký težaven problematičan besvärande, krånglig, bråkig ยากลำบาก baş belâsı, musibet 令人討厭的 той, що завдає турботи; неспокійний پريشان کن gây phiền 令人讨厌的
n troublemaker
a person who continually (and usually deliberately) causes worry, difficulty or disturbance to other people Beware of her – she is a real troublemaker. moeilikheidmaker مُثير المَتاعِب، مُحَرِّض على الشَّغَب размирник zdroj potíží urostifter der/die Unruhestifter(in) ταραχοποιός, μπελαλής alborotador tülin, kiusukott آدم فتنه انگیز häirikkö fauteur/-trice de troubles עוֹשֶה צָרוֹת उपद्रवी, कन्टक izgrednik bajkeverő perusuh vandræðagemlingur, friðarspillir piantagrane もめ事を起す人 (상습적으로) 문제를 일으키는 사람 kiršintojas, vaidininkas nemiera cēlējs org yg suka membuat kacau lastpost bråkmaker, urostifter intrygant, wichrzyciel gerador de conflitos persoană care aduce necazuri/care tulbură liniştea (publică) склочник príčina starostí / ťažkostí; burič povzročitelj težav kavgadžija orosstiftare, bråkmakare ผู้ก่อปัญหา sürekli sorun yaratan kimse, ortalık karıştırıcı 搗亂者，惹事生非者 порушник спокою; баламут پريشاني پيدا کرنے والا người gây ra vấn đề 捣乱者，惹事生非者
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