Troublesome

//ˈtɹʌbəlsəm// adj

adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Causing trouble or anxiety.

    "The computer has been very troublesome for me. It never works when I need to use it."

Adjective
  1. 1
    causing difficulty or annoyance wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
annoyingbothersomedifficultpeskyadverseaggravating

Example

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"We have to somehow come through this troublesome situation."

Etymology

From trouble + -some.

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