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▪ I. troubling, vbl. n.|ˈtrʌblɪŋ| [f. trouble v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb trouble, or an instance of this (in various senses).
c1340Hampole Prose Tr. 17 A fantasie caused of trubblyng of þe brayne. c1374[see troublable]. c1400Love Bonavent. Mirr. (1907) 92 With moche noyse and turblynge prayer wil not wele and deuoutly be seide. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) vii. 23 Þer es na trubling of þe aer thurgh raynes. c1440Jacob's Well 97 Þe feend..louyth dyscord & trubelyng of pes. 1530Palsgr. 283/1 Troublyng of ones mynde, distraction. 1611Bible John v. 4 Whosoeuer then first after the troubling of the water stepped in, was made whole. 1617Moryson Itin. i. 208, I thinke they would not haue denied vs wine,..yet to auoide troubling of them, my selfe and my brother carried some flaggons of rich wine. 1842Parnell Chem. Anal. (1845) 44 A faint troubling in strong solutions. 1878F. Ferguson Life Christ xviii. 174 The medicinal properties..would be intensified at the time of the periodical natural troublings. ▪ II. ˈtroubling, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That troubles; causing trouble.
a1325Prose Psalter li[i]. 4 Þou louedest alle trubland wordes. 1552Huloet, Troublynge, angens. a1684Leighton Comm. 1 Peter v. 7 Wks. (1868) 291 The troubling cares of men. 1851Lynch Sabbath Medit. in Lett. to Scattered (1872) 157 A third troubling thought. 1871Howells Wedd. Journ. (1892) 66 They disposed of their troubling bags and packages. |