trouble
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
trouble/ˈtrʌbl/
▶noun
- 1 difficulty or problems.
■ failure to function properly.
- 2 effort or exertion, especially when inconvenient: I don't want to put you to any trouble.
■ a cause of worry or inconvenience.
■ (often in phr. in trouble) a situation in which one is liable to incur punishment or blame.
- 3 public unrest or disorder.
■ (as adj. troubled) showing or experiencing problems or anxiety.
■ (trouble about/over/with) be distressed or anxious about.
■ (trouble to do something) make the effort required to do something.
– phrases
look for trouble informal behave in a way that is likely to provoke an argument or fight.
trouble and strife Brit. rhyming slang wife.
look for trouble informal behave in a way that is likely to provoke an argument or fight.
trouble and strife Brit. rhyming slang wife.
– derivatives
troubler noun.
troubler noun.
'trouble' also found in these Oxford entries:
ail
- bad
- balloon
- bedevil
- beset
- blow
- bobsy-die
- borrow
- bother
- bugger
- Cain
- candle
- cart
- cat
- cop
- creek
- dance
- dead
- deep
- devil
- discommode
- dog
- done
- fat
- flounder
- fool's paradise
- for
- grief
- headache
- hell
- hellraiser
- hostage
- hot
- in
- inconvenient
- inflict
- labour
- mischief
- mischievous
- nepenthes
- nose
- onerous
- patience
- pester
- plague
- put
- refuge
- ruction
- scourge
- shit
