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trouble

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

See also:troublé

English

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Etymology

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Verb is fromMiddle Englishtroublen,trublen,turblen,troblen, 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 Englishtruble,troble, fromOld Frenchtroble, from the verb.

Pronunciation

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(Received Pronunciation)enPR:trŭbʹəl;IPA^(key): /ˈtɹʌb(ə)l/
(General American)IPA^(key): /ˈtɹʌb(ə)l/,/ˈtɹə-/
Audio(General American): (file)
Rhymes:-ʌbəl
Hyphenation:trou‧ble

Noun

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trouble (countable anduncountable,pluraltroubles)

Adistressing ordangerous situation.
Synonyms:seeThesaurus:difficult situation
He was introuble when the rain started.
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.
- 1667,John Milton, “Book XI”, inParadise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC:
  Lest the fiend[…] some newtrouble raise.
- c.1606 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act V, scene i]:
  Foul whisperings are abroad; unnatural deeds / Do breed unnaturaltroubles.
Apersonliable toplace others or themselves in such a situation.
- 2021,Taylor Swift,Max Martin,Shellback, “I Knew You WereTrouble (Taylor's Version)”, inRed (Taylor's Version)‎^[1], performed by Taylor Swift:
  ’Cause I knew you weretrouble when you walked in
  So shame on me no-ow
Thestate of beingtroubled,disturbed, ordistressedmentally;unease,disquiet.
Synonyms:anguish,torment;see alsoThesaurus:distress
- 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson],In Memoriam, London:Edward Moxon, […],→OCLC, Canto XL,page63:
  Yet oft when sundown skirts the moor
  ⁠An innertrouble I behold,
  ⁠A spectral doubt which makes me cold,
  That I shall be thy mate no more,[…]
Objectionable feature of something or someone;problem,drawback, weakness, failing, or shortcoming.
Synonyms:pain in the neck;see alsoThesaurus:defect,Thesaurus:hindrance,Thesaurus:nuisance
Thetrouble with that suggestion is that we lack the funds to put it in motion.
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.[…]”
Efforts taken orexpended, typically beyond the normal required.
It’s notrouble for me to edit it.
- 1850,William Cullen Bryant,Letters of a Traveller:
  She never took thetrouble to close them.
- 1881,Robert Louis Stevenson,Virginibus Puerisque:
  Indeed, by the report of our elders, this nervous preparation for old age is onlytrouble thrown away.
Difficulty in doing something.
She hastrouble eating.
Health problems,ailment, generally of some particular part of the body.
Synonyms:affliction,malady;see alsoThesaurus:disease
He’s been in hospital with some hearttrouble.
Amalfunction.
My old car has enginetrouble.
Liability topunishment;conflict withauthority.
He had sometrouble with the law.
(mining) Afault orinterruption in astratum.
(Cockney rhyming slang)Wife.Clipping oftrouble and strife.
Synonyms:seeThesaurus:wife
(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.

Derived terms

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Collocations

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Verbs often used with "trouble"

make,spell,stir up,ask for, etc.

Descendants

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Jersey Dutch:tröbel

Translations

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distressful or dangerous situation

Albanian:hall (sq) m,telash (sq) f,barazhgë f
Arabic:مُشْكِلَة f(muškila),مَتاعِب m pl(matāʕib)
Armenian:նեղություն (hy)(neġutʻyun)
Avar:балагь(balah)
Azerbaijani:bəla (az)
Belarusian:бяда́ (be) f(bjadá),непрые́мнасць f(njepryjémnascʹ),непрые́мнасьць f(njepryjémnasʹcʹ)(Taraškievica),пры́красць f(prýkrascʹ),го́ра (be) n(hóra)
Bengali:তকলিফ (bn)(tokoliph)
Bhojpuri:दिक्कत(dikkat)
Bulgarian:беда́ (bg) f(bedá),неприя́тност (bg) f(neprijátnost)
Catalan:problema (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin:麻煩 /麻烦 (zh)(máfán)
Czech:potíž (cs) f,nepříjemnost f
Dutch:zorg (nl),moeilijkheid (nl),moeite (nl),last (nl)
East Central German:Aarchr m
Finnish:hankaluudet (fi) pl,vaikeudet (fi) pl,pula (fi)
French:peine (fr) f
Galician:problema (gl) m
Georgian:გასაჭირი(gasač̣iri),უსიამოვნება(usiamovneba)
German:Ärger (de) m
Gothic:𐌳𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌽𐌰 m(drōbna),𐌰𐌲𐌻𐍉 f(aglō)
Greek:μπελάς (el) m(belás),φασαρία (el) f(fasaría),ταραχή (el) f(tarachí)
Ancient:ἀνία f(anía),κακόν n(kakón)
Hawaiian:pilikia
Hindi:तकलीफ़ f(taklīf),कष्ट (hi) m(kaṣṭ),दिक़्क़त f(diqqat),दिक्कत (hi) f(dikkat),मुसीबत (hi) f(musībat)
Hungarian:baj (hu),gond (hu)
Irish:trioblóid f
Italian:guaio (it) m,problema (it) m,impiccio (it) m,tumulto (it) m
Japanese:揉め事 (ja)(もめごと, momegoto),厄介事(やっかいごと, yakkaigoto),迷惑 (ja)(めいわく, meiwaku)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish:bela (ku)
Latin:aerumna f
Malayalam:കുഴപ്പം (ml)(kuḻappaṁ)
Maori:moho,māreherehe
Norman:pôïne f(Guernsey)
Plautdietsch:Ploag f
Polish:kłopoty pl,bieda (pl) f,nieprzyjemność (pl) f,przykrość (pl) f
Portuguese:problema (pt) m,treta (pt) f,encrenca (pt) f
Romanian:necaz (ro) n
Russian:беда́ (ru) f(bedá),злоключе́ние (ru) n(zloključénije),неприя́тность (ru) f(neprijátnostʹ),го́ре (ru) n(góre),затрудне́ние (ru) n(zatrudnénije)
Scottish Gaelic:dragh m,èiginn f,buaireas m,teanntachd f,trioblaid f
Slovak:nepríjemnosť f,ťažkosti f pl
Spanish:problema (es) m,lío (es) m,embrollo (es) m,
Talysh:bəlo
Tat:bəla
Telugu:గొడవ (te)(goḍava)
Turkish:bela (tr)
Ukrainian:ха́лепа f(xálepa),хале́па f(xalépa),біда́ (uk) f(bidá),неприє́мність f(nepryjémnistʹ),при́крість f(prýkristʹ),го́ре n(hóre)
Urdu:تکلیف f(taklīf),کشٹ m(kaṣṭ),بلا(bela)

difficulty

Belarusian:ця́жкасць f(cjážkascʹ)
Bulgarian:затрудне́ние (bg) n(zatrudnénie)
Catalan:problema (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin:困难 (zh)(kùnnán),困難 /困难 (zh)(kùnnán)
Czech:obtížnost f
Finnish:hankaluus (fi),ongelma (fi)
French:mal (fr) m,problème (fr) m,emmerde (fr) f
Galician:problema (gl) m
Georgian:გასაჭირი(gasač̣iri),სირთულე(sirtule)
German:Schwierigkeit (de) f
Greek:μπελάς (el) m(belás)
Hawaiian:pilikia
Hungarian:nehézség (hu),gond (hu),probléma (hu),baj (hu)
Irish:trioblóid f
Italian:problema (it) m,difficoltà (it) f,dissesto (it) m
Japanese:心配事 (ja)(しんぱいごと, shimpaigoto),問題 (ja)(もんだい, mondai)
Korean:문제 (ko)(munje),곤란 (ko)(gollan)
Latin:difficultās f
Malayalam:കുഴപ്പം (ml)(kuḻappaṁ),പ്രശ്നം (ml)(praśnaṁ)
Maori:raru,māreherehe,moho
Persian:زحمت (fa)(zahmat)
Plautdietsch:Ploag f
Polish:kłopot (pl) m,problem (pl) m,trudność (pl) f
Portuguese:dificuldade (pt) f
Russian:затрудне́ние (ru) n(zatrudnénije),тру́дность (ru) f(trúdnostʹ),хло́поты (ru) f pl(xlópoty)
Scottish Gaelic:duilgheadas m,èiginn f,teanntachd f,trioblaid f
Slovak:obtiažnosť f
Spanish:dificultad (es) f,problema (es) m,dificultades (es) f pl,problemas (es) m pl
Swedish:problem (sv) n
Tajik:заҳмат(zahmat)
Turkish:başağrısı (tr),problem (tr),sıkıntı (tr)
Ukrainian:тру́днощі f(trúdnošči)
Vietnamese:rắc rối (vi)
Walloon:rujhe (wa) f
Welsh:trafferth f

violent occurrence

Catalan:conflicte (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin:冲突 (zh)(chōngtū),衝突 /冲突 (zh)(chōngtū)
Finnish:levottomuudet (fi) pl,selkkaus (fi),tappelu (fi),mekkala (fi)
French:troubles (fr) m pl
Galician:problema (gl) m
Greek:φασαρία (el) f(fasaría),ταραχή (el) f(tarachí)
Hungarian:zavargás (hu)
Italian:guaio (it) m,problema (it) m,grana (it) f
Japanese:揉め事 (ja)(もめごと, momegoto),厄介事(やっかいごと, yakkaigoto)
Portuguese:treta (pt) f(Brazil, slang),encrenca (pt) f(Brazil)
Russian:беда́ (ru) f(bedá)
Scottish Gaelic:buaireas m

effort

Azerbaijani:zəhmət
Bulgarian:уси́лие (bg) n(usílie)
Catalan:molèstia (ca) f
Finnish:vaiva (fi),vaivannäkö
German:Anstrengung (de) f,Bemühung (de) f,Mühe (de) f
Hungarian:fáradság (hu),fáradozás (hu),fáradalom (hu),utánajárás (hu)
Italian:problema (it) m,impedimento (it) m,fastidio (it) m
Japanese:厄介 (ja)(やっかい, yakkai),骨折り (ja)(ほねおり, honeori)
Latin:opera (la) f,molimen n
Persian:زحمت (fa)(zahmat)
Polish:trud (pl) m
Russian:труд (ru) m(trud),уси́лие (ru) n(usílije),забо́ты (ru) f pl(zabóty),хло́поты (ru) f pl(xlópoty)
Spanish:molestia (es) f,costo (es) m,inconveniente (es) m
Tajik:заҳмат(zahmat)
Turkish:efor (tr),gayret (tr)

malfunction

Bulgarian:авария (bg) f(avarija),смущение (bg) n(smuštenie)
Catalan:trastorn (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin:故障 (zh)(gùzhàng)
Finnish:häiriö (fi),ongelma (fi)
Galician:problema (gl) m
German:Störung (de) f
Greek:πρόβλημα (el) n(próvlima)
Hungarian:zavar (hu),(also medically)probléma (hu),(medically)panasz (hu),betegség (hu),bántalom (hu)
Italian:problema (it) m,fastidio (it) m
Japanese:障害 (ja)(しょうがい, shōgai),問題 (ja)(もんだい, mondai)
Russian:непола́дки (ru) m pl(nepoládki),перебо́й (ru) m(perebój)
Scottish Gaelic:trioblaid f
Turkish:arıza (tr)
Walloon:mehin (wa) m

liability for punishment

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Albanian:^{(pleaseverify)}mund (sq) m
Arabic:^(please verify)إِضْطِرَاب m(ʔiḍṭirāb)
Dutch:^(please verify)last (nl),^{(pleaseverify)}zorg (nl),^{(pleaseverify)}probleem (nl) n
French:^(please verify)peine (fr) f,^(please verify)souci (fr)
German:^{(pleaseverify)}Mühe (de) f,^(please verify)Sorge (de) f,^(please verify)Ärger (de) m,^(please verify)Ungemach (de) n
Hiligaynon:^(please verify)problema
Irish:^{(pleaseverify)}aimpléis f
Italian:^(please verify)pena (it) f,^(please verify)disturbo (it) m,^(please verify)disagio (it) m
Korean:^(please verify)걱정 (ko)(geokjeong),^{(pleaseverify)}곤란 (ko)(gollan)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish:^{(pleaseverify)}چەرمەسەری(çermeserî)
Mandarin:^{(pleaseverify)}麻煩 /麻烦 (zh)(máfan),^{(pleaseverify)}麻烦 (zh)(máfán)
Old Norse:^{(pleaseverify)}úmaki m,^(please verify)úmak n
Romanian:^(please verify)păs (ro),^{(pleaseverify)}problemă (ro)
Santali:^{(pleaseverify)}ᱚᱡᱚᱨ(ôjôr)
Serbo-Croatian:^{(pleaseverify)}muka (sh) f,^(please verify)trud (sh) m,^(please verify)poteškoća,^{(pleaseverify)}napor (sh),^{(pleaseverify)}problem (sh),^{(pleaseverify)}nevolja (sh),^{(pleaseverify)}neprilika (sh)
Swahili:^{(pleaseverify)}vurugu (sw),^{(pleaseverify)}gaya (sw)
Swedish:^{(pleaseverify)}besvär (sv),^{(pleaseverify)}möda (sv)
Tagalog:^{(pleaseverify)}problema (tl),^{(pleaseverify)}hirap (tl)
Telugu:^{(pleaseverify)}ఇబ్బంది (te)(ibbandi)

Verb

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

(transitive, now rare) Todisturb,stir up,agitate (a medium, especially water).
Synonyms:inturbidate,muddle,roil,stir
- 1611,The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […],→OCLC,John 5:4:
  For an Angel went downe at a certaine season into the poole, andtroubled the water:
- 1667,John Milton, “Book X”, inParadise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC, line1100:
  God looking forth willtrouble all his Hoſt
(transitive) Tomentallydistress; to cause (someone) to beanxious orperplexed.
Synonyms:distress,torment;see alsoThesaurus:vex
What she said about narcissism istroubling me.
- 1611,The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […],→OCLC,John 12:27:
  Now is my souletroubled, and what shall I say? Father, saue me from this houre, but for this cause came I vnto this houre.
- c.1610–1611 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act II, scene i],page281, column 2:
  Take the Boy to you: he ſotroubles me, / ’Tis paſt enduring.
- 1693, [John Locke], “§65”, inSome Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […],→OCLC,page68:
  Nevertrouble your ſelf about thoſe Faults in them, which you know Age will cure.
(transitive) In weaker sense: tobother orinconvenience.
Synonyms:discommode,hassle,incommode;see alsoThesaurus:annoy
I will nottrouble you to deliver the letter.
(transitive, of ailments, etc.) Tophysically afflict.
My bad knee istroubling me.
(reflexive or intransitive) Totake painsto do something; tobother.
Synonyms:make an effort,take great pains
I won’ttrouble to post the letter today; I can do it tomorrow.
(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.

→ Jersey Dutch:tröble

Translations

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to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed

to bother; to annoy

Arabic:
Egyptian Arabic:كلف(kallif)
Bulgarian:безпокоя (bg)(bezpokoja),тревожа (bg)(trevoža)
Cherokee:ᎠᏕᏯᏙᏗᎭ(adeyadodiha)
Chinese:
Hokkien:麻煩 /麻烦 (zh-min-nan),齪嘈 /龊嘈 (zh-min-nan)
Mandarin:麻煩 /麻烦 (zh)(máfán),騷攪 /骚搅 (zh)(sāojiǎo)
Finnish:vaivata (fi)
French:troubler (fr),déranger (fr),embêter (fr)
German:beunruhigen (de),belästigen (de),bekümmern (de)
Gothic:𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽(draibjan)
Greek:ενοχλώ (el)(enochló)
Ancient:σκύλλω(skúllō),ὀχλέω(okhléō)
Hungarian:zavar (hu),aggaszt (hu),fáraszt (hu)
Irish:cráigh
Italian:esagitare,infastidire (it),disturbare (it),agitare (it)
Japanese:手数を掛ける(てすうをかける, tesū-o kakeru),面倒を掛ける(めんどうをかける, mendō-o kakeru)
Kabuverdianu:ardiga
Latvian:traucēt
Polish:przeszkadzać (pl),dokuczać (pl),niepokoić (pl)
Portuguese:incomodar (pt),irritar (pt),molestar (pt)
Russian:беспоко́ить (ru) impf(bespokóitʹ),побеспоко́ить (ru) pf(pobespokóitʹ),обеспоко́ить (ru) pf(obespokóitʹ),трево́жить (ru) impf(trevóžitʹ),потрево́жить (ru) pf(potrevóžitʹ),встрево́жить (ru) pf(vstrevóžitʹ),волнова́ть (ru) impf(volnovátʹ),взволнова́ть (ru) pf(vzvolnovátʹ)
Sanskrit:बाधति(bādhati)
Scottish Gaelic:buair,cuir dragh air
Spanish:molestar (es),fastidiar (es),agobiar (es)
Swahili:kusumbua
Tagalog:istorbo,pahirapan
Ukrainian:турбува́ти impf(turbuváty)

Anagrams

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-buterol,Boulter,boulter

French

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /tʁubl/
Audio: (file)

Etymology 1

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Deverbal fromtroubler or fromOld Frenchtroble.

Noun

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trouble m (pluraltroubles)

trouble
fauteur detroubles ―troublemaker
(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)