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Meaning of 'trouble' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Trouble [ a.]
- Troubled; dark; gloomy.
2 . Trouble [ v. t.]
- To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.
- To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex.
- To give occasion for labor to; -- used in polite phraseology; as, I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.
- The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation; uneasiness; vexation; calamity.
- That which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation; that which afflicts.
- A fault or interruption in a stratum.

Meaning of 'trouble' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . trouble [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an angry disturbance
Example in sentence:
  • a spot of bother;
  • he didn't want to make a fuss;
  • they had labor trouble
Meaning (2):
- an effort that is inconvenient
Example in sentence:
  • finished the test only with great difficulty;
  • had difficulty walking;
  • he won without any trouble;
  • I went to a lot of trouble
Meaning (3):
- an unwanted pregnancy
Example in sentence:
  • he got several girls in trouble
Meaning (4):
- a strong feeling of anxiety
Example in sentence:
  • he wanted to die and end his troubles;
  • his worry over the prospect of being fired;
  • it is not work but worry that kills
Meaning (5):
- an event causing distress or pain
Example in sentence:
  • heart trouble;
  • what is the trouble?
Meaning (6):
- a source of difficulty
Example in sentence:
  • one trouble after another delayed the job;
  • what's the problem?
7 . trouble [ v]
Meaning (7):
- move deeply
Example in sentence:
  • A troubling thought;
  • This book upset me
Meaning (8):
- take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
Example in sentence:
  • Don't bother, please;
  • He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday
Meaning (9):
- disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
Example in sentence:
  • She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
Meaning (10):
- to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
Example in sentence:
  • Sorry to trouble you, but...

Nearby Words:

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