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troubling
Variant of trouble
transitive verb troubled, troubling
- to disturb or agitate: troubled waters
- to cause mental agitation to; worry; harass; perturb; vex
- to cause pain or discomfort to; afflict: my back troubled me
- to cause difficulty or inconvenience to; incommode: don't trouble yourself to rise
- to pester, annoy, tease, bother, etc.
intransitive verb
to make an effort; take pains; bother: don't trouble to return it
noun
- a state of mental distress; worry
- a misfortune; calamity; mishap
- a distressing or difficult happening or situation
- a condition of being out of order, needing repair, etc.: tire trouble
- a person, circumstance, or event that causes annoyance, distress, difficulty, etc.
- public disturbance; civil disorder
- effort; bother; pains: to take the trouble to look it up
- an illness; ailment; disease
Related Forms:
- troubler noun
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