TROUBLE
\tɹˈʌbə͡l], \tɹˈʌbəl], \t_ɹ_ˈʌ_b_əl]\
Definitions of TROUBLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..."
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take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please"
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move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
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a source of difficulty; "one trouble after another delayed the job"; "what's the problem?"
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an event causing distress or pain; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble"
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a strong feeling of anxiety; "his worry over the prospect of being fired"; "it is not work but worry that kills"; "he wanted to die and end his troubles"
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an unwanted pregnancy; "he got several girls in trouble"
By Princeton University
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to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..."
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take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please"
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move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
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a source of difficulty; "one trouble after another delayed the job"; "what's the problem?"
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an event causing distress or pain; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble"
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a strong feeling of anxiety; "his worry over the prospect of being fired"; "it is not work but worry that kills"; "he wanted to die and end his troubles"
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an unwanted pregnancy; "he got several girls in trouble"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.
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To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex.
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Troubled; dark; gloomy.
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The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation; uneasiness; vexation; calamity.
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That which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation; that which afflicts.
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A fault or interruption in a stratum.
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To give occasion for labor to; - used in polite phraseology; as, I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.
By Oddity Software
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To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.
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To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex.
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Troubled; dark; gloomy.
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The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation; uneasiness; vexation; calamity.
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That which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation; that which afflicts.
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A fault or interruption in a stratum.
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To give occasion for labor to; - used in polite phraseology; as, I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.
By Noah Webster.
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Mental excitement, distress, or worry; that which causes such distress; inconvenience; exertion; pains; as, to take a great deal of trouble; annoyance or uneasiness; illness; as, stomach trouble.
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To take pains.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To put into a confused state: to agitate: to disturb: to annoy: to busy or engage overmuch.
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Disturbance: affliction: uneasiness: that which disturbs or afflicts. n.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To inconvenience; incommode.
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To spoil; mar.
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To take pains; worry.
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The state of being troubled; grief; disturbance.
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Something that occasions difficulty, perplexity, or distress.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Disturbance of mind; commotion of spirits; perplexity; affliction; misfortune; annoyance; vexation.
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To agitate; to disturb; to put into confused motion; to perplex; to afflict; to busy; to vex; to give occasion for labour; to sue for a debt.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Disturbance of mind; that which causes agitation or disturbance of mind; distress; anxiety; uneasiness; among miners, any shifting of the strata of a coal-field by which the regular and continuous working of its minerals is interrupted.
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To disturb; to put into confused motion; to grieve; to make uneasy; to molest; to engage overmuch; to give occasion of labour to.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. Agitation of mind; commotion of spirits; –disturbance; perplexity; inconvenience; annoyance; –uneasiness; vexation; –public disorder; –calamity; affliction; –that which afflicts; –that which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation.