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troublesome

[truhb-uhl-suhm]

adjective

causing trouble, annoyance, or difficulty; vexatious: a troublesome situation; a troublesome person.

laborious; difficult.

Archaic. full of distress or affliction.

Origin:
1540–50; trouble + -some¹

Related forms

trou·ble·some·ly, adverb

trou·ble·some·ness, noun

un·trou·ble·some, adjective

Synonyms
1. perplexing, galling, harassing. 2. arduous, hard, burdensome.

Antonyms
2. easy.

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troublesome (ˈtrʌb^əlsəm)

—*adj*
1.	causing a great deal of trouble; worrying, upsetting, or annoying
2.	characterized by violence; turbulent

'troublesomely

—*adv*

'troublesomeness

—n

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