[truhb-uh
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verb, -bled, -bling, noun | 1. | to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate. |
| 2. | to put to inconvenience, exertion, pains, or the like: May I trouble you to shut the door? |
| 3. | to cause bodily pain, discomfort, or disorder to; afflict: to be troubled by arthritis. |
| 4. | to annoy, vex, or bother: Don't trouble her with petty complaints now. |
| 5. | to disturb, agitate, or stir up so as to make turbid, as water or wine: A heavy gale troubled the ocean waters. |
| 6. | to put oneself to inconvenience, extra effort, or the like. |
| 7. | to be distressed or agitated mentally; worry: She always troubled over her son's solitariness. |
| 8. | difficulty, annoyance, or harassment: It would be no trouble at all to advise you. |
| 9. | unfortunate or distressing position, circumstance, or occurrence; misfortune: Financial trouble may threaten security. |
| 10. | civil disorder, disturbance, or conflict: political trouble in the new republic; labor troubles. |
| 11. | a physical disorder, disease, ailment, etc.; ill health: heart trouble; stomach trouble. |
| 12. | mental or emotional disturbance or distress; worry: Trouble and woe were her lot in life. |
| 13. | an instance of this: some secret trouble weighing on his mind; a mother who shares all her children's troubles. |
| 14. | effort, exertion, or pains in doing something; inconvenience endured in accomplishing some action, deed, etc.: The results were worth the trouble it took. |
| 15. | an objectionable feature; problem; drawback: The trouble with your proposal is that it would be too costly to implement. |
| 16. | something or someone that is a cause or source of disturbance, distress, annoyance, etc. |
| 17. | a personal habit or trait that is a disadvantage or a cause of mental distress: His greatest trouble is oversensitivity. |
| 18. | the Troubles,
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| 19. | in trouble, Informal. pregnant out of wedlock (used as a euphemism). |
| un·trou·bled (ŭn-trŭb'əld) adj.
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