troublous

[ truhb-luh s ]

/ ˈtrʌb ləs /

characterized by trouble; unsettled: troublous times.

turbulent; stormy: a troublous sea.

causing annoyance; troublesome.

causing disturbance; restless: a troublous preacher.

Origin of troublous

1400–50; late Middle English troub(e)lous, equivalent to trouble turbid (< Middle French < Vulgar Latin *turbulus; see trouble) + -ous

trou·blous·ly, adverb trou·blous·ness, noun

He had, of course, watched from Victoria with keen interest our difficult and troublous times for the three years past.

The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon |Jos Maria Gordon
In detail and habit the scenes and people of that troublous period are "reconstituted" here with remarkable skill.'

A Dozen Ways Of Love |Lily Dougall
In the troublous times of 1849, when the Montreal merchants shouted for Annexation, he had urged Confederation as a nobler remedy.

The Tribune of Nova Scotia |W. L. (William Lawson) Grant
No doubt many other like exploits of capture and rescue were enacted and recounted on the Borders in the troublous times.

The Balladists |John Geddie

From the effects of the troublous days which at last came to most outposts of Roman civilization Salzburg did not escape.

Tyrol and its People |Clive Holland

troublous

/ (ˈtrʌbləs) /

archaic, or literary unsettled; agitated

troublously, adverb troublousness, noun