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See also:troublé

English

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Etymology

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Verb is fromMiddle Englishtroublen,trouble, borrowed fromOld Frenchtroubler,trobler,trubler, metathetic variants oftourbler,torbler,turbler, fromVulgar Latin*turbulō, fromLatinturbula(“disorderly group, a little crowd or people”), diminutive ofturba(“stir; crowd”). The noun is fromMiddle Englishtrouble,troble, fromOld Frenchtroble, from the verb.

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Noun

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trouble (countable anduncountable,pluraltroubles)

  1. Adistressing ordangeroussituation.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:difficult situation
    He was introuble when the rain started.
  2. Adifficulty,problem,condition, oraction contributing to such a situation.
    Thetrouble was a leaking brake line.
    The bridge column magnified thetrouble with a slight tilt in the wrong direction.
  3. Apersonliable toplace others or themselves in such a situation.
  4. Thestate of beingtroubled,disturbed, ordistressedmentally;unease,disquiet.
    Synonyms:anguish,torment;see alsoThesaurus:distress
  5. Objectionablefeature of something or someone;problem,drawback, weakness, failing, or shortcoming.
    Synonyms:pain in the neck;see alsoThesaurus:defect,Thesaurus:hindrance,Thesaurus:nuisance
    Yourtrouble is that you quit too readily.
    Thetrouble with that suggestion is that we lack the funds to put it in motion.
  6. Violent orturbulentoccurrence orevent;unrest,disturbance.
    Synonyms:palaver,turmoil;see alsoThesaurus:commotion
    thetroubles in Northern Ireland
    • 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, inMr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC:
      “I don’t know how you and the ‘head,’ as you call him, will get on, but I do know that if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there’ll betrouble. It’s bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that ’cause I'm paid for it. What I won’t stand is to have them togs called a livery.[…]”
  7. Efforts taken orexpended, typically beyond the normal required.
    It’s notrouble for me to edit it.
  8. Difficulty in doing something.
    She hastrouble eating.
  9. Healthproblems,ailment, generally of some particular part of the body.
    Synonyms:affliction,malady;see alsoThesaurus:disease
    He’s been in hospital with some hearttrouble.
  10. Amalfunction.
    My old car has enginetrouble.
  11. Liability topunishment;conflict withauthority.
    He had sometrouble with the law.
  12. (mining) Afault orinterruption in astratum.
  13. (Cockney rhyming slang)Wife.Clipping oftrouble and strife.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:wife
  14. (slang, dated) Anunplanned,unwanted orundesiredpregnancy.
    • 1971, Bob Stone, “Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves”, performed byCher:
      I never had schoolin’ but he taught me well / With his smooth southern style / Three months later I’m a gal introuble / And I haven’t seen him for a while.

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Translations

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distressful or dangerous situation
difficulty
violent occurrence
effort
malfunction
liability for punishment
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Verb

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trouble (third-person singular simple presenttroubles,present participletroubling,simple past and past participletroubled)

  1. (transitive, now rare) Todisturb,stir up,agitate (a medium, especially water).
    Synonyms:inturbidate,muddle,roil,stir
  3. (transitive) Tomentallydistress; to cause (someone) to beanxious orperplexed.
    Synonyms:distress,torment;see alsoThesaurus:vex
    What she said about narcissism istroubling me.
  4. (transitive) In weaker sense: tobother orinconvenience.
    Synonyms:discommode,hassle,incommode;see alsoThesaurus:annoy
    I will nottrouble you to deliver the letter.
  5. (transitive, of ailments, etc.) Tophysicallyafflict.
    My bad knee istroubling me.
  6. (reflexive or intransitive) Totake pains (to do something); tobother.
    Synonyms:make an effort,take great pains
    I won’ttrouble to post the letter today; I can do it tomorrow.
  7. (intransitive) Toworry; to be anxious.
    Synonyms:angst,anxietize,cark,fret
    • 1946,Bertrand Russell,History of Western Philosophy,I.26:
      Whytrouble about the future? It is wholly uncertain.

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Translations

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to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed
to bother; to annoy

Further reading

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Anagrams

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French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Deverbal fromtroubler or fromOld Frenchtroble.

Noun

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trouble m (pluraltroubles)

  1. trouble
    fauteur detroubles ―troublemaker
  2. (medicine, psychiatry)disorder
    trouble bipolaire ―(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    trouble de la personnalité ―(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    trouble de l'érection ―(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    trouble de l'humeur ―(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    trouble du sommeil ―(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    trouble mental ―(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    trouble obsessionnel compulsif ―(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    trouble psychiatrique ―(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    trouble psychique ―(please add an English translation of this usage example)
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Etymology 2

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Inherited fromOld Frenchtroble, probably from aVulgar Latin*turbulus (with metathesis), itself perhaps an alteration ofLatinturbidus with influence fromturbulentus; cf. alsoturbula. CompareCatalantèrbol,Romaniantulbure.

Adjective

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trouble (pluraltroubles)

  1. (of a liquid)murky,turbid,muddy,thick,clouded,cloudy; notclear
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Verb

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trouble

  1. inflection oftroubler:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
    2. second-personsingularimperative

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromOld Frenchtroble, metathetic form oftorble, fromLate Latin*turbulus; compareturble.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtruːblə/,/ˈtrublə/,/ˈtruːbəl/,/ˈtrubəl/

Adjective

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trouble (comparativetroublere)

  1. (usually of liquids)Murky,muddy,turbid,opaque.
  2. (usually of weather)Turbulent,stormy,raging.
  3. Confused,muddled; lackingcoherence.
  4. Troubled; beset byemotion(especiallyworry orremorse)
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Noun

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trouble (pluraltroubles)(Late Middle English)

  1. Ahardship,disturbance, orcalamity; somethingdifficult ordisruptive:
    1. Anaffliction ortorment; aninjuriousevent.
    2. Politicalunrest,conflict, ordissension.
    3. Disquiet,worry;mentalunease.
  2. Turbulence,tempestuousness(of waves)
  3. (rare) Achallengeregardingpropertyrights.
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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trouble

  1. alternative form oftroublen
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