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troubled

trou·ble
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [truhb-uh l]
    • /ˈtrʌb əl/
    • /ˈtrʌb.l̩d/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [truhb-uh l]
    • /ˈtrʌb əl/

Definitions of troubled word

  • verb with object troubled to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate. 1
  • verb with object troubled to put to inconvenience, exertion, pains, or the like: May I trouble you to shut the door? 1
  • verb with object troubled to cause bodily pain, discomfort, or disorder to; afflict: to be troubled by arthritis. 1
  • verb with object troubled to annoy, vex, or bother: Don't trouble her with petty complaints now. 1
  • verb with object troubled to disturb, agitate, or stir up so as to make turbid, as water or wine: A heavy gale troubled the ocean waters. 1
  • verb without object troubled to put oneself to inconvenience, extra effort, or the like. 1

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Origin of troubled

First appearance:

before 1175
One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; (v.) Middle English troublen < Old French troubler < Vulgar Latin *turbulare, derivative of *turbulus turbid, back formation from Latin turbulentus turbulent; (noun) Middle English < Middle French, derivative of troubler

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Parts of speech for Troubled

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

troubled popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

troubled usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for troubled

adj troubled

  • anguished — Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
  • anxious — If you are anxious to do something or anxious that something should happen, you very much want to do it or very much want it to happen.
  • appetent — having an eager longing or desire
  • apprehensive — Someone who is apprehensive is afraid that something bad may happen.
  • bad — If you say that it is bad that something happens, you mean it is unacceptable, unfortunate, or wrong.

adjective troubled

  • agitated — If someone is agitated, they are very worried or upset, and show this in their behaviour, movements, or voice.
  • chagrined — If you are chagrined by something, it disappoints, upsets, or annoys you, perhaps because of your own failure.
  • disquieted — lack of calm, peace, or ease; anxiety; uneasiness.
  • distracted — Obsolete. distracted.
  • exacerbated — Make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse.

verb troubled

  • ailed — to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
  • ate — Ate is the past tense of eat.
  • cumbered — Simple past tense and past participle of cumber.
  • disagreed — to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
  • discommoded — Simple past tense and past participle of discommode.

noun troubled

  • crunched — Simple past tense and past participle of crunch.
  • flacked — Simple past tense and past participle of flack.
  • fussed — an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
  • mattered — the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed: the matter of which the earth is made.
  • messed — Simple past tense and past participle of mess.

Antonyms for troubled

adj troubled

  • at ease — If you are at ease, you are feeling confident and relaxed, and are able to talk to people without feeling nervous or anxious. If you put someone at their ease, you make them feel at ease.
  • at peace — in a state of harmony or friendship
  • at rest — not moving; still
  • athrill — excited or thrilled
  • blithe — You use blithe to indicate that something is done casually, without serious or careful thought.

verb troubled

  • accommodated — to do a kindness or a favor to; oblige: to accommodate a friend by helping him move to a new apartment.
  • appeased — to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king.
  • assuaged — to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain.
  • condoled — Simple past tense and past participle of condole.
  • defused — Simple past tense and past participle of defuse.

adjective troubled

  • cool — Something that is cool has a temperature which is low but not very low.
  • coolheaded — not easily flustered; calm
  • dovelike — Similar to a dove.
  • elated — Extremely happy and excited; delighted; pleased.
  • equanimous — Calm and composed; of stable disposition.

noun troubled

  • counterclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim.
  • zested — keen relish; hearty enjoyment; gusto.

Top questions with troubled

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  • who wrote bridge over troubled water?

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