Noun: trouble trú-bul
- A source of difficulty
"one trouble after another delayed the job";
- problem, ill, prob [informal]
- An event causing distress or pain
"what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble"
- Effort, exertion, or inconvenience required to accomplish something
"I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble";
- difficulty
- An annoying or troublesome situation, disturbance, or difficulty
"they had labour trouble";
- fuss, bother, hassle [informal], shindy [informal], stink [informal]
- A strong feeling of anxiety
"he wanted to die and end his troubles";
- worry
- An unwanted pregnancy
"he got several girls in trouble"
- Cause profound worry; make to feel uncomfortable or anxious
"A troubling thought";
- disturb, upset
- Cause inconvenience or discomfort to
"Sorry to trouble you, but …";
- put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode [archaic], incommode [archaic], bother
- Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
"She was rather troubled by the news that her father was seriously ill";
- perturb, unhinge, disquiet, cark [archaic], distract, disorder
- Make an effort or take pains to do something
"He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday";
- trouble oneself, bother, inconvenience oneself
- Cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
"The chronic back pain troubled him for years";
- ail, pain
Derived forms: troubling, troubled, troubles
See also: carry-on [Brit, informal], commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha [informal], hoo-hah [informal], hurly burly, kerfuffle [Brit, informal], song and dance [Brit, informal], to-do [informal]
Type of: affect, anxiety, bear on, bear upon, difficultness, difficulty, disturbance, effort, elbow grease [informal], exertion, gestation, gravidation [archaic], gravidity [technical], happening, hurt, impact, impress, maternity, move, natural event, occurrence, occurrent, perturbation, pregnancy, reach, strain, strike, strive, sweat [informal], travail [literary]
Encyclopedia: Trouble