Meaning of trouble | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A distressing or dangerous situation.
   countable, uncountable
2. punishment
3. A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.
   countable, uncountable
4. To take pains: They trouble over every detail.
5. pain, sadness
6. A person liable to place others or themselves in such a situation.
   countable, uncountable
7. in trouble, pregnant out of wedlock (used as a euphemism).
8. The state of being troubled, disturbed, or distressed mentally; unease, disquiet.
   countable, uncountable
9. (negative untroubled).
   negative
10. pity
11. Objectionable feature of something or someone; problem, drawback, weakness, failing, or shortcoming.
    countable, uncountable
12. causing worry or difficulty. troublesome children/tasks. moeisaam مُزْعِج، مُقْلِق обезпокоителен incomodo obtížný beschwerlich besværlig ενοχλητικός, δύσκολος, προβληματικόςmolesto; problemático, difícil tülikas, raske پر دردسر vaivalloinen pénible מַטרִיד दुखदायी zabrinjavajući fárasztó merepotkan þungbær, erfiður fastidioso わずらわしい 귀찮은, 성가신 sukeliantis daug rūpesčių, neramus, varginantis nemierīgs; traucējošs; apgrūtinošs menyusahkan lastigvanskelig, brysom, plagsomnieznośny, kłopotliwy له ...
13. embarrassment
14. Violent or turbulent occurrence or event; unrest, disturbance.
    countable, uncountable
15. a person who continually (and usually deliberately) causes worry, difficulty or disturbance to other people. Beware of her – she is a real troublemaker. moeilikheidmaker مُثير المَتاعِب، مُحَرِّض على الشَّغَب размирник gerador de conflitos zdroj potíží der/die Unruhestifter(in) urostifter ταραχοποιός, μπελαλής alborotador tülin, kiusukott آدم فتنه انگیز häirikkö fauteur/-trice de troubles עוֹשֶה צָרוֹת उपद्रवी, कन्टक izgrednik bajkeverő perusuh vandræðagemlingur, friðarspillir piantagrane もめ事...
    usually
16. A state of distress, affliction, difficulty, or need: tried to console them in their trouble; got in trouble with the police.
17. Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required.
    countable, uncountable
18. A distressing or difficult circumstance or situation: I've had troubles ever since I took this job.
19. Difficulty in doing something.
    countable, uncountable
20. A cause or source of distress, disturbance, or difficulty: The new recruits were a trouble to him.
21. Health problems, ailment, generally of some particular part of the body.
    countable, uncountable
22. A malfunction.
    countable, uncountable
23. Effort, especially when inconvenient or bothersome: went to a lot of trouble to find this book.
24. Liability to punishment; conflict with authority.
    countable, uncountable
25. A condition of pain, disease, or malfunction: heart trouble; car trouble.
26. A fault or interruption in a stratum.
    countable, uncountable
27. Wife. Clipping of trouble and strife.
    Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable
28. An unplanned, unwanted or undesired pregnancy.
    countable, dated, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“He was in trouble when the rain started.”

“The trouble was a leaking brake line.”

“The bridge column magnified the trouble with a slight tilt in the wrong direction.”

“Lest the fiend […] some new trouble raise.”

“Foul whisperings are abroad; unnatural deeds / Do breed unnatural troubles.”

“’Cause I knew you were trouble when you walked in So shame on me no-ow”

“Yet oft when sundown skirts the moor ⁠An inner trouble I behold, ⁠A spectral doubt which makes me cold, That I shall be thy mate no more, […]”

“Your trouble is that you quit too readily.”

“The trouble with that suggestion is that we lack the funds to put it in motion.”

“the troubles in Northern Ireland”

““I don’t know how you and the ‘head,’ as you call him, will get on, but I do know that if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there’ll be trouble. It’s bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that ’cause I'm paid for it. What I won’t stand is to have them togs called a livery. […]””

“It’s no trouble for me to edit it.”

“She never took the trouble to close them.”

“Indeed, by the report of our elders, this nervous preparation for old age is only trouble thrown away.”

“She has trouble eating.”

“He’s been in hospital with some heart trouble.”

“My old car has engine trouble.”

“He had some trouble with the law.”

“I never had schoolin’ but he taught me well / With his smooth southern style / Three months later I’m a gal in trouble / And I haven’t seen him for a while.”

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