Troublous
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Of a liquid: thick, muddy, full of sediment. obsolete
- 2 Troubled, confused. archaic, literary
"On thother side they saw the warlike Mayd / Al in her snow-white smocke, with locks unbowned, / Threatning the point of her avenging blaed; / That with so troublous terror they were all dismayd."
- 3 Causing trouble; troublesome, vexatious. archaic, literary
"the mystery, the pervasive melancholy, the vaguely troublous forecast and retrospect which possess the mind in contemplating this sequestered spot, unhallowed save by the sense of a common humanity [...]"
- 1 full of trouble wordnet
Example
More examples"On thother side they saw the warlike Mayd / Al in her snow-white smocke, with locks unbowned, / Threatning the point of her avenging blaed; / That with so troublous terror they were all dismayd."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English troublous, from Anglo-Norman troublous and Middle French troubleus, corresponding to trouble + -ous.
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