1. Causing distress, worry or anxiety
   "troubling news"; "a new and troubling thought";
   - distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, worrisome, worrying, unsettling, concerning

1. Cause profound worry; make to feel uncomfortable or anxious
   "A troubling thought";
   - disturb, upset
    
2. Cause inconvenience or discomfort to
   "Sorry to trouble you, but …";
   - put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode [archaic], incommode [archaic], bother
    
3. 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
    
4. 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
    
5. Cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
   "The chronic back pain troubled him for years";
   - ail, pain

See also: heavy

Type of: affect, bear on, bear upon, hurt, impact, impress, move, reach, strain, strike, strive

Encyclopedia: Trouble