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[ truhb-uhl-mey-ker ] / ˈtrʌb əlˌmeɪ kər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR troublemaker ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice. Origin of troublemakerFirst recorded in 1910–15; trouble + maker SYNONYMS FOR troublemakerinstigator, fomenter, inciter, rabble-rouser. SEE SYNONYMS FOR troublemaker ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM troublemakertrou·ble·mak·ing, nounWords nearby troublemakertroubadour, troubadours, Troubetzkoy, trouble, troubled waters, troublemaker, trouble man, trouble one's head with, troubleproof, troubleshoot, troubleshooter Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for troublemakerI am happy to report that our listenership includes plenty of troublemakers as well as smoothers-over. How to Make Meetings Less Terrible (Ep. 389)|Stephen J. Dubner|September 19, 2019|Freakonomics Trailblazing comedian and troublemaker Joan Rivers died on Thursday at the age of 81. What Joan Rivers Said She Would Do If She Were Dictator of America|Asawin Suebsaeng|September 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Nasty Gal queen went from troublemaker to CEO of a million-dollar company in just a few years. The ‘Nasty Gal’ Invasion: Sophia Amoruso Wants to Create an Army of #GIRLBOSSes|Alison Baitz|May 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST “Broken” is the first song the Canadian troublemaker unleashed. Erin Andrews Joins ‘DWTS’; Marion Cotillard is Lady Macbeth||February 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In later years, Mandela would translate it with mingled pride and self-deprecating humor as “troublemaker.” Mandela: The Miracle Maker|Sam Seibert|December 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST Some troublemaker asked Kerry whether there was any way to avoid U.S. military action. Syria: What Have We Learned?|Leslie H. Gelb|September 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST Well, I can hardly be called a troublemaker, and you had a pretty peaceful time with me. Creditors; Pariah|August Strindberg Yet the bloody shirt lingered long as a troublemaker, and was invoked by both parties. Marse Henry (Vol. 2)|Henry Watterson And she was in the church yet, a troublemaker sometimes, and a disturber of spiritual peace—but still there. Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches|Ruth McEnery Stuart We don't know whether you're working for him or not, but you're a troublemaker. A World is Born|Leigh Douglass Brackett In such cases, Investigations had stepped in and the Martian or Earthling troublemaker had been sent to the rare-earth mines.
British Dictionary definitions for troublemaker
nouna person who makes trouble, esp between people Derived forms of troublemakertroublemaking, adjective, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to troublemakeragitator, gremlin, instigator, weasel, rabble-rouser, punk, firebrand, rascal, phony, incendiary, inciter, recreant, mischief-maker, hellion, meddler, nuisance, heel, snake, agent provocateur, loose cannon |