mental or emotional disturbance or distress; worry: Trouble and woe were her lot in life.
an instance of this: some secret trouble weighing on his mind; a mother who shares all her children's troubles.
effort, exertion, or pains in doing something; inconvenience endured in accomplishing some action, deed, etc.: The results were worth the trouble it took.
an objectionable feature; problem; drawback: The trouble with your proposal is that it would be too costly to implement.
something or someone that is a cause or source of disturbance, distress, annoyance, etc.
a personal habit or trait that is a disadvantage or a cause of mental distress: His greatest trouble is oversensitivity.
the Troubles,
the violence and civil war in Ireland, 1920–22.
the conflict between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland, beginning in 1969.
Idioms for trouble
in trouble, Informal. pregnant out of wedlock (used as a euphemism).
Origin of trouble
1175–1225; (v.) Middle English troublen<Old French troubler<Vulgar Latin *turbulare, derivative of *turbulus turbid, back formation from Latin turbulentusturbulent; (noun) Middle English <Middle French, derivative of troubler
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British Dictionary definitions for trouble
trouble
/ (ˈtrʌbəl) /
noun
a state or condition of mental distress or anxiety
a state or condition of disorder or unrestindustrial trouble
a condition of disease, pain, or malfunctioningshe has liver trouble
a cause of distress, disturbance, or pain; problemwhat is the trouble?
effort or exertion taken to do somethinghe took a lot of trouble over this design
liability to suffer punishment or misfortune (esp in the phrase be in trouble)he's in trouble with the police
a personal quality that is regarded as a weakness, handicap, or cause of annoyancehis trouble is that he's too soft
(plural)
political unrest or public disturbances
the Troublespolitical violence in Ireland during the 1920s or in Northern Ireland between the late 1960s and the late 1990s
the condition of an unmarried girl who becomes pregnant (esp in the phrase in trouble)
verb
(tr)to cause trouble to; upset, pain, or worry
(intr usually with a negative and foll by about) to put oneself to inconvenience; be concerneddon't trouble about me
(intr; usually with a negative)to take pains; exert oneselfplease don't trouble to write everything down
(tr)to cause inconvenience or discomfort todoes this noise trouble you?
(tr; usually passive)to agitate or make roughthe seas were troubled
(tr)Caribbeanto interfere withhe wouldn't like anyone to trouble his new bicycle
Derived forms of trouble
troubled, adjectivetroubler, noun
Word Origin for trouble
C13: from Old French troubler, from Vulgar Latin turbulāre (unattested), from Late Latin turbidāre, from turbidus confused, from turba commotion