noun
- A source of difficulty.
- usage: "one trouble after another delayed the job"; "what's the problem"
- synonyms: problem
- An angry disturbance.
- usage: "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"
- An event causing distress or pain.
- usage: "what is the trouble"; "heart trouble"
- An effort that is inconvenient.
- usage: "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty"
- synonyms: difficulty
- A strong feeling of anxiety.
- usage: "his worry over the prospect of being fired"; "it is not work but worry that kills"; "he wanted to die and end his troubles"
- synonyms: worry
- An unwanted pregnancy.
- usage: "he got several girls in trouble"
verb
- Move deeply.
- usage: "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
- To cause inconvenience or discomfort to.
- usage: "Sorry to trouble you, but..."
- synonyms: put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother
- Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed.
- usage: "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"
- Take the trouble to do something; concern oneself.
- usage: "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please"
- synonyms: trouble oneself, bother, inconvenience oneself
- Cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed.
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