Synonyms for Troublesome

Synonyms for "troublesome" (162 found)

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Closest matches (33)

adverse aggravating alarming annoying antagonistic arduous awkward backbreaking besetting bothering bothersome burdensome chafing choking clumsy conflicting constrictive contrary counter counteractive

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counterproductive crosswise crushing

Adjective(7 words)

ambiguous annoying burdensome challengingchallenging behaviorsconfounding costly

Noun(2 words)

bedeviling bedevilling

Verb(1 words)

confounded

Strong matches (48)

Adjective(7 words)

cumbersome difficult disruptivedisruptive influencedisruptive technologydoggoned inconclusive

Noun(3 words)

cussednessdeep watersdoggoning

detrimental difficult discommodious disquieting distressful distressing disturbing effortful exasperating forced fretting galling grueling harassing hardhard earnedhard foughthard-earned hard-fought harmful

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heavy hefty herculean hindering hindersome hostile importunate importune impracticablein oppositionin the wayincommodious inconvenient infestive inhibiting inhibitive inimical interrupting

Related words (81)

interruptive irking irksome irritating killing labored laborious mean miserable nigglingnot easyobstructing obstructive obstruent occlusive onerous operose opposed opposing opposite

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Noun(3 words)

more friction-causingproblematic patterntrablous

Verb(1 words)

niggled

Adjective(9 words)

peskier peskiest plaguy problematic problematical taxing thorny trying vexed

Related word relations

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

6 relation types

More general

8 entries

challenge characteristic descriptor difficulty obstruction property quality uncertainty

More specific

6 entries

disruptive stakeholderintractable problemknotty issueonerous tasktaxing processuncooperative partner

Collocations

6 entries

troublesome behaviortroublesome datatroublesome issuetroublesome periodtroublesome tasktroublesome variable

Inflections

2 entries

more troublesomemost troublesome

Derivations

2 entries

troublesomely troublesomeness

similar

2 entries

difficult hard

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

We have to somehow come through this troublesome situation.

Source: tatoeba (23238)

What is most troublesome is the corruption of the best.

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It is the first step which is troublesome.

Source: tatoeba (30264)

In any case, it's troublesome, isn't it?

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Troublesome