trouble

[ truhb-uhl ]
/ ˈtrʌb əl /

verb (used with object), trou·bled, trou·bling.

verb (used without object), trou·bled, trou·bling.

to put oneself to inconvenience, extra effort, or the like.
to be distressed or agitated mentally; worry: She always troubled over her son's solitariness.

noun

Idioms for trouble

    in trouble, Informal. pregnant out of wedlock (used as a euphemism).

Origin of trouble

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

synonym study for trouble

14. See care.

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British Dictionary definitions for troubling

trouble
/ (ˈtrʌbəl) /

noun

verb

Derived forms of trouble

troubled, adjective troubler, noun

Word Origin for trouble

C13: from Old French troubler, from Vulgar Latin turbulāre (unattested), from Late Latin turbidāre, from turbidus confused, from turba commotion

Idioms and Phrases with troubling

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