troubled

Preposition: in

• way: People who experience psychogenic seizures usually do so because they are psychologically or emotionally troubled in some way.

Modifies a noun

• teen: The troubled teen, who his parents feared would be inside by his 16th birthday, has turned his life around.
• conscience: Nor does Laurenson fully bring out the Duke's dark side, yet he sporadically reveals a deeply troubled conscience.
• teenager: The Ace character was a troubled teenager from West London.
• soul: How often do silent requests rise from our troubled souls?
• diva: Apparently troubled diva will donate £ 1 to Comic Relief for every song we post linking back to his disco loveliness.
• childhood: David doesn't curse his family, or lay the blame on his troubled childhood.

Modifying Another Word

• financially: Are we experiencing a quiet revolution in the market for financially troubled businesses?
• deeply: Case material showing how famous child analysts worked with deeply troubled children in ways which transformed their lives will be used.
• emotionally: Emotionally troubled parents frequently reinforce skewed interpretations with abuse.
• rarely: Explosions and gunfire are often too muted and the sub-woofer is rarely troubled.
• greatly: We read, she was " greatly troubled " .
• somewhat: And this should go some way to erasing any doubts caused by the movie's somewhat troubled past.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: They don't seem troubled by the death of detox, either.
• look: The Malaysian never looked troubled during the encounter which lasted 35 minutes.
• feel: If women feel troubled after abortion they should seek help from a licensed mental health provider.
• remain: But I remain troubled by the lingering moral issues which, to my mind, remain unresolved... .
• become: A number of years ago, I was becoming increasingly troubled by the mindless weekly trip to the supermarket.
• get: In between we got troubled by " Spiny Normans " .