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[ truhb-uhl-suhm ] / ˈtrʌb əl səm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR troublesome ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecausing trouble, annoyance, or difficulty; vexatious: a troublesome situation; a troublesome person. laborious; difficult. Archaic. full of distress or affliction. Origin of troublesomeFirst recorded in 1540–50; trouble + -some1 SYNONYMS FOR troublesome1 perplexing, galling, harassing. 2 arduous, hard, burdensome. SEE SYNONYMS FOR troublesome ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR troublesomeSEE ANTONYMS FOR troublesome ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM troublesometrou·ble·some·ly, adverbtrou·ble·some·ness, nounun·trou·ble·some, adjectiveWords nearby troublesometrouble man, trouble one's head with, troubleproof, troubleshoot, troubleshooter, troublesome, trouble someone for, trouble spot, troublous, trouch, trou-de-loup Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for troublesomeBut this approach can be troublesome for a variety of reasons. The Craziest Date Night for Single Jews, Where Mistletoe Is Ditched for Shots|Emily Shire|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST Why the government is so vehemently eager to delist the grizzly remains a troublesome question. What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Reputations are constantly being disinterred, re-examined, re-purposed for use in the troublesome present. The Gods of Punk Are Back in New York City|Anthony Haden-Guest|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST Yes, Moscow and Tehran are troublesome today for a variety of good reasons. Here's How to Dig Out of This 'Stupid Sh*t' U.S. Foreign Policy|Leslie H. Gelb|August 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The regime has, to date, never definitively weighed in on whether these troublesome critters had imperialist or fascist ties. Who Will Maduro Blame for Venezuela’s Blackout This Time?|Daniel Lansberg-Rodríguez|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST And, by the way, it is troublesome carrying so much of the stuff back again. Pearl-Maiden|H. Rider Haggard He was three years old at this time, and so full of high spirits and health, that he was rather a troublesome child to manage. Little Grandfather|Sophie May Then he rode out on the ditches, and met his man returning with the troublesome animals at last. The Virginian|Owen Wister The supernumeraries were intransigeant and troublesome; that is to say, their representative the Cat was. When Ghost Meets Ghost|William Frend De Morgan It made all the pleasure of the hour, too, that there were no troublesome insects. Spring notes from Tennessee|Bradford Torrey
British Dictionary definitions for troublesome
adjectivecausing a great deal of trouble; worrying, upsetting, or annoying characterized by violence; turbulent Derived forms of troublesometroublesomely, adverbtroublesomeness, 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 troublesometricky, intractable, tough, unruly, problematic, taxing, worrying, ugly, burdensome, irksome, damaging, dangerous, messy, alarming, inconvenient, annoying, irritating, painful, difficult, vexing |