troubled


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.
verb cause distress or inconvenience to.

■ (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.
– derivatives
troubler noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. truble (n.), trubler (v.), based on L. turbidus (see turbid).
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