ALL meanings of troubled
trou·ble
T t - adjective troubled with personal problems 1
- adjective troubled project: beset by difficulties 1
- adjective troubled area, country: beset by unrest 1
- 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
- verb without object troubled to be distressed or agitated mentally; worry: She always troubled over her son's solitariness. 1
- noun troubled difficulty, annoyance, or harassment: It would be no trouble at all to advise you. 1
- noun troubled unfortunate or distressing position, circumstance, or occurrence; misfortune: Financial trouble may threaten security. 1
- noun troubled civil disorder, disturbance, or conflict: political trouble in the new republic; labor troubles. 1
- noun troubled a physical disorder, disease, ailment, etc.; ill health: heart trouble; stomach trouble. 1
- noun troubled mental or emotional disturbance or distress; worry: Trouble and woe were her lot in life. 1
- noun troubled an instance of this: some secret trouble weighing on his mind; a mother who shares all her children's troubles. 1
- noun troubled effort, exertion, or pains in doing something; inconvenience endured in accomplishing some action, deed, etc.: The results were worth the trouble it took. 1
- noun troubled an objectionable feature; problem; drawback: The trouble with your proposal is that it would be too costly to implement. 1
- noun troubled something or someone that is a cause or source of disturbance, distress, annoyance, etc. 1
- noun troubled a personal habit or trait that is a disadvantage or a cause of mental distress: His greatest trouble is oversensitivity. 1
- noun troubled the Troubles. the violence and civil war in Ireland, 1920–22. the conflict between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland, beginning in 1969. 1
- idioms troubled in trouble, Informal. pregnant out of wedlock (used as a euphemism). 1
- adjective troubled Someone who is troubled is worried because they have problems. 0
- adjective troubled A troubled place, situation, organization, or time has many problems or conflicts. 0
- adjective troubled worried or concerned 0
- adjective troubled emotionally or mentally disturbed 0
- adjective troubled characterized by unrest, esp. social unrest 0