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- US Pronunciation
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- [truhb-uh l-suh m]
- /ˈtrʌb əl səm/
- /ˈtrʌb.l̩.səm/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [truhb-uh l-suh m]
- /ˈtrʌb əl səm/
Definitions of troublesome word
- adjective troublesome causing trouble, annoyance, or difficulty; vexatious: a troublesome situation; a troublesome person. 1
- adjective troublesome laborious; difficult. 1
- adjective troublesome Archaic. full of distress or affliction. 1
- adjective troublesome You use troublesome to describe something or someone that causes annoying problems or difficulties. 0
- adjective troublesome A troublesome situation or issue is full of complicated problems or difficulties. 0
- adjective troublesome causing a great deal of trouble; worrying, upsetting, or annoying 0
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Origin of troublesome
First appearance:
before 1540 One of the 30% oldest English words
First recorded in 1540-50; trouble + -some1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Troublesome
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
troublesome popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for troublesome
adj troublesome
- afflictive — causing pain or misery
- annoying — Someone or something that is annoying makes you feel fairly angry and impatient.
- arduous — Something that is arduous is difficult and tiring, and involves a lot of effort.
- awkward — An awkward situation is embarrassing and difficult to deal with.
- backbreaker — a wrestling hold in which a wrestler uses his knee or shoulder as a fulcrum to bend his opponent's body backwards
adv troublesome
- arduously — requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult: an arduous undertaking.
noun troublesome
- awkwardness — lacking skill or dexterity. Synonyms: clumsy, inept; unskillful, unhandy, inexpert. Antonyms: deft, adroit, skillful, dexterous; handy.
- bulkiness — of relatively large and cumbersome bulk or size.
- in-convenience — the quality or state of being inconvenient.
- incommodity — disadvantage; inconvenience.
- argumentativeness — fond of or given to argument and dispute; disputatious; contentious: The law students were an unusually argumentative group.
adjective troublesome
- acroamatic — relating to oral communication
- bad — If you say that it is bad that something happens, you mean it is unacceptable, unfortunate, or wrong.
- carking — distressful.
- cinch — If you say that something is a cinch, you mean that you think it is very easy to do.
- cincher — Something that cinches as in holds and fastens, such as a belt or corset.
adverb troublesome
- argumentatively — fond of or given to argument and dispute; disputatious; contentious: The law students were an unusually argumentative group.
- badly — If something is done badly or goes badly, it is not very successful or effective.
- disputatiously — In a disputatious manner.
- exhaustingly — In an exhausting manner.
- inconveniently — not easily accessible or at hand: The phone is in an inconvenient place.
Antonyms for troublesome
adj troublesome
- gordian — pertaining to Gordius, ancient king of Phrygia, who tied a knot (the Gordian knot) that, according to prophecy, was to be undone only by the person who was to rule Asia, and that was cut, rather than untied, by Alexander the Great.
- knotty — having knots; full of knots: a knotty piece of wood.
- mazy — full of confusing turns, passages, etc.; like a maze; labyrinthine.
- mind-bending — mind-blowing.
adjective troublesome
- aiding — to provide support for or relief to; help: to aid the homeless victims of the fire.
- arrowlike — resembling an arrow
- darkened — A darkened building or room has no lights on inside it.
- effortful — marked by effort or exertion; labored.
- embellished — Simple past tense and past participle of embellish.
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