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Trouble
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- 1 A distressing or dangerous situation. countable, uncountable
"He was in trouble when the rain started."
- 2 an effort that is inconvenient wordnet
- 3 A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation. countable, uncountable
"The trouble was a leaking brake line."
- 4 a source of difficulty wordnet
- 5 A person liable to place others or themselves in such a situation. countable, uncountable
"’Cause I knew you were trouble when you walked in So shame on me no-ow"
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- 6 an event causing distress or pain wordnet
- 7 The state of being troubled, disturbed, or distressed mentally; unease, disquiet. countable, uncountable
"Yet oft when sundown skirts the moor An inner trouble I behold, A spectral doubt which makes me cold, That I shall be thy mate no more, […]"
- 8 an angry disturbance wordnet
- 9 Objectionable feature of something or someone; problem, drawback, weakness, failing, or shortcoming. countable, uncountable
"Your trouble is that you quit too readily."
- 10 a strong feeling of anxiety wordnet
- 11 Violent or turbulent occurrence or event; unrest, disturbance. countable, uncountable
"the troubles in Northern Ireland"
- 12 an unwanted pregnancy wordnet
- 13 Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required. countable, uncountable
"It’s no trouble for me to edit it."
- 14 Difficulty in doing something. countable, uncountable
"She has trouble eating."
- 15 Health problems, ailment, generally of some particular part of the body. countable, uncountable
"He’s been in hospital with some heart trouble."
- 16 A malfunction. countable, uncountable
"My old car has engine trouble."
- 17 Liability to punishment; conflict with authority. countable, uncountable
"He had some trouble with the law."
- 18 A fault or interruption in a stratum. countable, uncountable
- 19 Wife. Clipping of trouble and strife. Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable
- 20 An unplanned, unwanted or undesired pregnancy. countable, dated, slang, uncountable
"I never had schoolin’ but he taught me well / With his smooth southern style / Three months later I’m a gal in trouble / And I haven’t seen him for a while."
- 1 To disturb, stir up, agitate (a medium, especially water). archaic, transitive
"For an Angel went downe at a certaine season into the poole, and troubled the water:"
- 2 cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed wordnet
- 3 To mentally distress; to cause (someone) to be anxious or perplexed. transitive
"What she said about narcissism is troubling me."
- 4 disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed wordnet
- 5 In weaker sense: to bother or inconvenience. transitive
"I will not trouble you to deliver the letter."
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- 6 move deeply wordnet
- 7 To physically afflict. transitive, usually
"My bad knee is troubling me."
- 8 take the trouble to do something; concern oneself wordnet
- 9 To take pains (to do something); to bother. intransitive, reflexive
"I won’t trouble to post the letter today; I can do it tomorrow."
- 10 to cause inconvenience or discomfort to wordnet
- 11 To worry; to be anxious. intransitive
"Why trouble about the future? It is wholly uncertain."
Etymology
Verb is from Middle English troublen, trouble, borrowed from Old French troubler, trobler, trubler, metathetic variants of tourbler, torbler, turbler, from Vulgar Latin *turbulō, from Latin turbula (“disorderly group, a little crowd or people”), diminutive of turba (“stir; crowd”). The noun is from Middle English trouble, troble, from Old French troble, from the verb.
Verb is from Middle English troublen, trouble, borrowed from Old French troubler, trobler, trubler, metathetic variants of tourbler, torbler, turbler, from Vulgar Latin *turbulō, from Latin turbula (“disorderly group, a little crowd or people”), diminutive of turba (“stir; crowd”). The noun is from Middle English trouble, troble, from Old French troble, from the verb.
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