Trouble

//ˈtɹʌb.əl//

Synonyms for "trouble" (693 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (139)

Noun(30 words)

difficulty bother fuss hassle palaver 'er indoors ado affliction ailment anguish annoyance argy-bargy ass in a sling ball and chain bangarang bar barrier better half bind bobbery

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bone in the throat boss bride brouhaha bucket of syrup bump in the road bunfight bust-up bustle calvary

worry adversity afflict affliction annoyance anxiety bother care discomfort disquietude distress disturb disturbance embarrassment fuss grief hardship inconvenience pain perturb

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Verb(22 words)

bother cark discommode incommode give someone grief roil vex afflict aggravate aggrieve ail angst annoy antagonize anxietize atray bedevil boil someone's piss botherate bug

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burn up cag

Strong matches (208)

cankerworm of care cargo charge charging churn churn up clumsiness commotion complaint complicate matters concern concernment convulse corner crashing bore cross crown of thorns cumbrance curse deadweight

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defect demand destroy devilment difficulties difficulty disability disaccommodate disadvantage disarrange disaster discombobulate discomfit discommode discommodity discompose disconcert discord discountenance discourage disease disoblige disorder displease dispute disquiet dissatisfaction distract dogging dolour donnybrook donnybrook fair downer downfall drag dread dustup dutch effort elbow grease electrify embroil embroilment encroach encroach upon encumber encumbrance endeavor energy ennui evil exaction exasperate exasperation excite exercise exertion fatigue fear ferment fight fighting flurry fluster flutter foofaraw force foreboding forebodingness fracas frazzle free-for-all freight freighting fret gall gall and wormwood give concern gnaw great ado grievance grieve hamper handicap harass harassment hard knocks hard life hard lot hard pull hardcase harm harry harrying hassle hate haunt headache heckler hector helter skelter helter-skelter hot water

Noun(46 words)

chaos clamour clatter coath commotion complaint cross cross to bear defect deficiency difficult situation dilemma dire straits disease disorder disruption distress disturbance doghouse drag

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drawback dutch egritude encumbrance faff failing fault ferment fix flap flaw foofaraw fracas frow furor geezer grief grievance hardship her indoors hindrance hitch hobbleshaw hole hoo-ha hoo-hah

Verb(39 words)

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get someone's goat get someone's irish up get someone's nanny get someone's nanny-goat get under one's goat get under someone's goat get under someone's skin get up give someone the shits grame grate grind one's gears grotch hack off harass harrow harry harsh one's mellow hassle

Related words (346)

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inconvenientness inflict infliction inquietude interfere intrude irk irritate irritation jar jolt laying on load load with care loading loading down long pull lumber make free with malaise matter melee mess might and main mischief misery misfortune misgiving molestation move muscle nag need nerve and sinew nervous strain nervous tension nervousness nettle nudnik nuisance obtrude upon obtrusiveness on the spot onus oppress oppression outbreak overanxiety overstep pack pack of troubles paddle pains peck of troubles pell mell pell-mell penalty perplex perplexity persecution perturbate perturbation pest pester pins and needles plight pother predicament pressure presume on presume upon presumptuousness problem provoke psych pucker put about put out put to inconvenience put to it put to trouble puzzle racket rampage rattle rebellion reverse revolt rigor rile riot ripple rock roil rough-and-tumble roughen roughhouse rowel ruckus ruction ruffle rumple rumpus scramble scrape sea of troubles shake shake up shatter shindy shock sickness skirmish solicitude sore spook stagger static stew stir stir up strain strait stress stress of life strife suspense swirl take a liberty take liberties take pains task tasking taxing tension thank thorn throw throw into confusion to do to-do tormenter trial trouble oneself troubles troublesomeness try tumult turbulence turmoil uncertainty undoing unhandiness unnerve unpleasantness unquietness unrest unsettle unwarranted demand unwieldiness uprising uproar upset vale of tears vex vexatiousness vicissitude visit visitation waters of bitterness weigh down weight weighting while whip whip up whisk white elephant work work up worriment zeal

Noun(94 words)

hubbub hullabaloo hurdle hurly-burly ill health ill-being illness impediment imperfection inadequacy inconvenience indisposition irritation jam kerfuffle kettle of fish lady little lady little woman ma'am

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Verb(50 words)

idioms:inconvenience inconvenience oneself inturbidate irk irritate jazz make an effort molest mommick move muddle nark nerve nettle pain pee off peeve persecute perturb

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Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

13 relation types

More general

32 entries

affect anxiety bear on bear upon difficultness difficulty disturb disturbance effort elbow grease exertion gestation happening hurt impact impress

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Antonyms

9 entries

behavior being being good calm good good behavior okay safe song

Synonyms

36 entries

adversity afflict affliction annoyance anxiety bewilderment bother calamity care discomfort disquietude distress disturb disturbance dolour embarrassment

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Related terms

2 entries

turbid turbulent

at location

2 entries

roadblock street

capable of

1 entries

cause pain

derived

52 entries

The Troubles a trouble shared is a trouble halved ask for trouble borrow trouble distrouble double trouble double-trouble engine trouble finger trouble for one's trouble foul trouble get into trouble girl trouble go through the trouble go to the trouble good trouble

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distinct from

2 entries

calm good

has context

1 entries

mining

is a

6 entries

action performed by animals difficulty effort happening just adventure pregnancy

manner of

1 entries

affect

part of

1 entries

life

related to

129 entries

act action actions agitate ahead anxious bad bad actions bad behavior bad boy bad child bad circumstance bad circumstances bad error bad happening bad happenings

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Translations

320 translations across 62 languages.

Albanian

3 entries

barazhgë noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
hall noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
telash noun (distressful or dangerous situation)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

κακόν noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
ἀνία noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
σκύλλω verb (to bother; to annoy)
ὀχλέω verb (to bother; to annoy)

Arabic

3 entries

مَتاعِب noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
مُشْكِلَة noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
كلف verb (to bother; to annoy)

Armenian

1 entries

նեղություն noun (distressful or dangerous situation)

Avar

1 entries

балагь noun (distressful or dangerous situation)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

bəla noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
zəhmət noun (effort)

Belarusian

4 entries

бяда́ noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
го́ра noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
непрые́мнасць noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
непрые́мнасьць noun (distressful or dangerous situation)

Bengali

1 entries

তকলিফ noun (distressful or dangerous situation)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

दिक्कत noun (distressful or dangerous situation)

Bulgarian

4 entries

авария noun (malfunction)
беда́ noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
затрудне́ние noun (difficulty)
зор noun (effort)

Catalan

4 entries

conflicte noun (violent occurrence)
conflicte noun (liability for punishment)
molèstia noun (effort)
problema noun (distressful or dangerous situation)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎠᏕᏯᏙᏗᎭ verb (to bother; to annoy)

Chinese

2 entries

麻煩 /麻烦 verb (to bother; to annoy)
齪嘈 /龊嘈 verb (to bother; to annoy)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

冲突 noun (violent occurrence)
困难 noun (difficulty)
困難 /困难 noun (difficulty)
故障 noun (malfunction)

Czech

4 entries

nepříjemnost noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
obtížnost noun (difficulty)
potíž noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
trápit verb (to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed)

Dutch

4 entries

last noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
moeilijkheid noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
moeite noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
zorg noun (distressful or dangerous situation)

East Central German

1 entries

Aarchr noun (distressful or dangerous situation)

Finnish

4 entries

hankaluudet noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
hankaluus noun (difficulty)
häiriö noun (malfunction)
levottomuudet noun (violent occurrence)

French

4 entries

emmerde noun (difficulty)
mal noun (difficulty)
peine noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
problème noun (difficulty)

Galician

4 entries

problema noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
problema noun (difficulty)
problema noun (violent occurrence)
problema noun (malfunction)

Georgian

4 entries

გასაჭირი noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
გასაჭირი noun (difficulty)
სირთულე noun (difficulty)
უსიამოვნება noun (distressful or dangerous situation)

German

4 entries

Anstrengung noun (effort)
Bemühung noun (effort)
Mühe noun (effort)
Schwierigkeit noun (difficulty)

Gothic

3 entries

𐌰𐌲𐌻𐍉 noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
𐌳𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌽𐌰 noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to bother; to annoy)

Greek

4 entries

μπελάς noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
μπελάς noun (difficulty)
προβλήματα noun (liability for punishment)
πρόβλημα noun (malfunction)

Hawaiian

2 entries

pilikia noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
pilikia noun (difficulty)

Hindi

4 entries

कष्ट noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
तकलीफ़ noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
दिक़्क़त noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
दिक्कत noun (distressful or dangerous situation)

Hungarian

4 entries

baj noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
baj noun (difficulty)
betegség noun (malfunction)
bántalom noun (malfunction)

Irish

3 entries

trioblóid noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
trioblóid noun (difficulty)
cráigh verb (to bother; to annoy)

Italian

4 entries

contrasto noun (liability for punishment)
difficoltà noun (difficulty)
dissesto noun (difficulty)
fastidio noun (effort)

Japanese

4 entries

厄介 noun (effort)
厄介事 noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
厄介事 noun (violent occurrence)
問題 noun (difficulty)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries

ardiga verb (to bother; to annoy)

Korean

2 entries

곤란 noun (difficulty)
문제 noun (difficulty)

Latin

4 entries

aerumna noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
difficultās noun (difficulty)
molimen noun (effort)
opera noun (effort)

Latvian

1 entries

traucēt verb (to bother; to annoy)

Malayalam

3 entries

കുഴപ്പം noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
കുഴപ്പം noun (difficulty)
പ്രശ്നം noun (difficulty)

Middle English

4 entries

trouble noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
trouble noun (difficulty)
troublen verb (to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed)
troublen verb (to bother; to annoy)

Māori

4 entries

moho noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
moho noun (difficulty)
māreherehe noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
māreherehe noun (difficulty)

Norman

1 entries

pôïne noun (distressful or dangerous situation)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

bela noun (distressful or dangerous situation)

Persian

2 entries

زحمت noun (difficulty)
زحمت noun (effort)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

Ploag noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
Ploag noun (difficulty)

Polish

4 entries

bieda noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
kłopot noun (difficulty)
kłopoty noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
nieprzyjemność noun (distressful or dangerous situation)

Portuguese

4 entries

dificuldade noun (difficulty)
encrenca noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
encrenca noun (violent occurrence)
problema noun (distressful or dangerous situation)

Romanian

1 entries

necaz noun (distressful or dangerous situation)

Russian

4 entries

беда́ noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
беда́ noun (violent occurrence)
го́ре noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
забо́ты noun (effort)

Sanskrit

1 entries

बाधति verb (to bother; to annoy)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

buaireas noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
buaireas noun (violent occurrence)
dragh noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
duilgheadas noun (difficulty)

Slovak

3 entries

nepríjemnosť noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
obtiažnosť noun (difficulty)
ťažkosti noun (distressful or dangerous situation)

Spanish

4 entries

candanga noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
costo noun (effort)
cuita noun (difficulty)
dificultad noun (difficulty)

Swahili

1 entries

kusumbua verb (to bother; to annoy)

Swedish

1 entries

problem noun (difficulty)

Tagalog

2 entries

istorbo verb (to bother; to annoy)
pahirapan verb (to bother; to annoy)

Tajik

2 entries

заҳмат noun (difficulty)
заҳмат noun (effort)

Talysh

1 entries

bəlo noun (distressful or dangerous situation)

Tat

1 entries

bəla noun (distressful or dangerous situation)

Telugu

1 entries

గొడవ noun (distressful or dangerous situation)

Turkish

4 entries

arıza noun (malfunction)
başağrısı noun (difficulty)
bela noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
efor noun (effort)

Ukrainian

4 entries

біда́ noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
го́ре noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
неприє́мність noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
при́крість noun (distressful or dangerous situation)

Urdu

3 entries

بلا noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
تکلیف noun (distressful or dangerous situation)
کشٹ noun (distressful or dangerous situation)

Vietnamese

1 entries

rắc rối noun (difficulty)

Walloon

2 entries

mehin noun (malfunction)
rujhe noun (difficulty)

Welsh

1 entries

trafferth noun (difficulty)

Sample sentences

40 total sentences available.

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More people get into trouble for things they say rather than for what they do.

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You needn't have gone to the trouble.

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You're always anticipating trouble.

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Your father went through all that trouble for your sake.

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