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trouble en · NOUN

Pronunciation

[ˈt̠͡ɹ̠̊˔ɐbɫ̩] (General-American)
(California) audio
[ˈt͡ʃɹɐbɫ̩] (General-American)
[ˈt͡ʃɹɜbɫ̩] (Southern-US)
/ˈtɹʌbəl/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
[ˈt̠͡ɹ̠̊˔ɜbɫ̩] (Southern-US)
/ˈt͡ʃɹʌbəl/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
trŭbʹəl
/ˈtɹʊbəl/ (Northern-England)
/ˈtɹɐbəl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
/ˈtɾʌbəl/ (Scotland, Wales)

Etymology

Verb is from Middle English troublen, trouble, borrowed from Old French troubler, trobler, trubler, metathetic variants of tourbler, torbler, turbler, from Vulgar Latin *turbulō, from Latin turbula (“disorderly group, a little crowd or people”), diminutive of turba (“stir; crowd”). The noun is from Middle English trouble, troble, from Old French troble, from the verb.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) A distressing or dangerous situation.
- He was in trouble when the rain started.
(countable, uncountable) A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.
- The bridge column magnified the trouble with a slight tilt in the wrong direction.
- Foul whisperings are abroad; unnatural deeds / Do breed unnatural troubles. c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
- Scientists must realize that dialectical materialism is the only way out of the trouble they have got into through ignorance of Marx and Engels. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 456:
- The trouble was a leaking brake line.
- Lest the fiend […] some new trouble raise. 1667, John Milton, “Book XI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
(countable, uncountable) A person liable to place others or themselves in such a situation.
- Get me on the court and I'm trouble Last week, messed around and got a triple double 1992, Ice Cube, “It Was A Good Day”, in The Predator:
- ’Cause I knew you were trouble when you walked in So shame on me no-ow 2021, Taylor Swift, Max Martin, Shellback, “I Knew You Were Trouble (Taylor's Version)”, in Red (Taylor's Version), performed by Taylor Swift:
(countable, uncountable) The state of being troubled, disturbed, or distressed mentally; unease, disquiet.
- 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, […] 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XL”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 63:
(countable, uncountable) Objectionable feature of something or someone; problem, drawback, weakness, failing, or shortcoming.
- Your trouble is that you quit too readily.
- The trouble with that suggestion is that we lack the funds to put it in motion.
(countable, uncountable) Violent or turbulent occurrence or event; unrest, disturbance.
- 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. […]” 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
(countable, uncountable) Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required.
- She never took the trouble to close them. 1850, William Cullen Bryant, Letters of a Traveller:
- Indeed, by the report of our elders, this nervous preparation for old age is only trouble thrown away. 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:
- It’s no trouble for me to edit it.
(countable, uncountable) Difficulty in doing something.
- She has trouble eating.
(countable, uncountable) Health problems, ailment, generally of some particular part of the body.
- He’s been in hospital with some heart trouble.
(countable, uncountable) A malfunction.
- My old car has engine trouble.
(countable, uncountable) Liability to punishment; conflict with authority.
- He had some trouble with the law.
(countable, uncountable) A fault or interruption in a stratum.
(Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable) Wife. Clipping of trouble and strife.
(countable, dated, slang, uncountable) An unplanned, unwanted or undesired pregnancy.
- 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. 1971, Bob Stone, “Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves”, performed by Cher:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
troubles	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (250)

hu gond (difficulty) · ko 문제 (difficulty) · ru непола́дки (malfunction) · mi moho (difficulty) · es lío (distressful or dangerous situation) · hu probléma (difficulty) · it impiccio (distressful or dangerous situation) · ru уси́лие (effort) · wa mehin (malfunction) · it difficoltà (difficulty) · ja 問題 (malfunction) · ru хло́поты (effort) · ko 곤란 (difficulty) · be непрые́мнасьць (distressful or dangerous situation) · mi māreherehe (distressful or dangerous situation) · gl problema (violent occurrence) · hi मुसीबत (distressful or dangerous situation) · el μπελάς (difficulty) · pt problema (distressful or dangerous situation) · be непрые́мнасць (distressful or dangerous situation) · bg зор (effort) · hu baj (distressful or dangerous situation) · fr troubles (violent occurrence) · tr efor (effort) · cmn 困難 /困难 (difficulty) · cs obtížnost (difficulty) · la opera (effort) · uk го́ре (distressful or dangerous situation) · cy trafferth (difficulty) · bg неприя́тност (distressful or dangerous situation) · hi दिक्कत (distressful or dangerous situation) · es ajigolón (distressful or dangerous situation) · hu probléma (malfunction) · gd èiginn (difficulty) · pl kłopoty (distressful or dangerous situation) · pl problem (difficulty) · be го́ра (distressful or dangerous situation) · hu fáradalom (effort) · ka სირთულე (difficulty) · ru злоключе́ние (distressful or dangerous situation) · ka უსიამოვნება (distressful or dangerous situation) · ru затрудне́ние (distressful or dangerous situation) · sk nepríjemnosť (distressful or dangerous situation) · nl last (distressful or dangerous situation) · fi ongelma (malfunction) · nrf pôïne (distressful or dangerous situation) · fr peine (distressful or dangerous situation) · ja 障害 (malfunction) · pdt Ploag (distressful or dangerous situation) · fi ongelma (liability for punishment) · ro necaz (distressful or dangerous situation) · gl problema (distressful or dangerous situation) · ka გასაჭირი (distressful or dangerous situation) · ka გასაჭირი (difficulty) · pdt Ploag (difficulty) · ja 厄介事 (violent occurrence) · hu nehézség (difficulty) · gl problema (difficulty) · gl problema (malfunction) · it impedimento (effort) · kmr bela (distressful or dangerous situation) · ca problema (difficulty) · uk ха́лепа (distressful or dangerous situation) · hy նեղություն (distressful or dangerous situation) · tr sıkıntı (difficulty) · az zəhmət (effort) · gmw-ecg Aarchr (distressful or dangerous situation) · fi ongelma (difficulty) · it problema (distressful or dangerous situation) · pt treta (violent occurrence) · es berenjenal (distressful or dangerous situation) · de Störung (malfunction) · ca conflicte (liability for punishment) · de Bemühung (effort) · enm trouble (difficulty) · ur کشٹ (distressful or dangerous situation) · fa زحمت (difficulty) · be ця́жкасць (difficulty) · gd teanntachd (distressful or dangerous situation) · hu fáradság (effort) · it problema (effort) · fr problème (difficulty) · cmn 故障 (malfunction) · la aerumna (distressful or dangerous situation) · de Anstrengung (effort) · ga trioblóid (distressful or dangerous situation) · el ταραχή (distressful or dangerous situation) · fi mekkala (violent occurrence) · got 𐌳𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌽𐌰 (distressful or dangerous situation) · ca molèstia (effort) · ga trioblóid (difficulty) · pl nieprzyjemność (distressful or dangerous situation) · ru беда́ (distressful or dangerous situation) · fi selkkaus (violent occurrence) · ur بلا (distressful or dangerous situation) · vi rắc rối (difficulty) · ar مُشْكِلَة (distressful or dangerous situation) · hu panasz (malfunction) · it guaio (violent occurrence) · sk obtiažnosť (difficulty) · sq hall (distressful or dangerous situation) · es apuro (distressful or dangerous situation) · cs potíž (distressful or dangerous situation) · ca problema (distressful or dangerous situation) · it fastidio (effort) · haw pilikia (difficulty) · gd buaireas (distressful or dangerous situation) · ja 骨折り (effort) · uk при́крість (distressful or dangerous situation) · ttt bəla (distressful or dangerous situation) · ja 厄介事 (distressful or dangerous situation) · el ταραχή (violent occurrence) · be бяда́ (distressful or dangerous situation) · gd trioblaid (malfunction) · grc ἀνία (distressful or dangerous situation) · hi तकलीफ़ (distressful or dangerous situation) · it grana (violent occurrence) · tr bela (distressful or dangerous situation) · fi vaikeudet (distressful or dangerous situation) · uk неприє́мність (distressful or dangerous situation) · be пры́красць (distressful or dangerous situation) · it fastidio (malfunction) · mi raru (difficulty) · ml പ്രശ്നം (difficulty) · gl problema (liability for punishment) · it problema (difficulty) · te గొడవ (distressful or dangerous situation) · ru перебо́й (malfunction) · it intoppo (liability for punishment) · el προβλήματα (liability for punishment) · ru беда́ (violent occurrence) · bg беда́ (distressful or dangerous situation) · hi कष्ट (distressful or dangerous situation) · fr emmerde (difficulty) · pt encrenca (distressful or dangerous situation) · pl trudność (difficulty) · nl moeilijkheid (distressful or dangerous situation) · wa rujhe (difficulty) · es embrollo (distressful or dangerous situation) · tr başağrısı (difficulty) · es candanga (distressful or dangerous situation) · ur تکلیف (distressful or dangerous situation) · ja 揉め事 (violent occurrence) · es problemas (distressful or dangerous situation) · fi häiriö (malfunction) · it guaio (liability for punishment) · gd èiginn (distressful or dangerous situation) · sv problem (difficulty) · it problema (malfunction) · sk ťažkosti (distressful or dangerous situation) · fi levottomuudet (violent occurrence) · ja 迷惑 (distressful or dangerous situation) · ja 問題 (difficulty) · hu betegség (malfunction) · ca conflicte (violent occurrence) · uk хале́па (distressful or dangerous situation) · mi moho (distressful or dangerous situation) · ca trastorn (malfunction) · fr mal (difficulty) · fi hankaluudet (distressful or dangerous situation) · av балагь (distressful or dangerous situation) · pl trud (effort) · gd trioblaid (difficulty) · ru забо́ты (effort) · pt treta (distressful or dangerous situation) · gd duilgheadas (difficulty) · bg затрудне́ние (difficulty) · fi vaiva (effort) · hu gond (distressful or dangerous situation) · bg смущение (malfunction) · enm trouble (distressful or dangerous situation) · eo ĝeno (difficulty) · ml കുഴപ്പം (distressful or dangerous situation) · cs nepříjemnost (distressful or dangerous situation) · fi vaivannäkö (effort) · pt encrenca (violent occurrence) · bho दिक्कत (distressful or dangerous situation) · ru неприя́тность (distressful or dangerous situation) · uk тру́днощі (difficulty) · hu bántalom (malfunction) · ja 心配事 (difficulty) · ru го́ре (distressful or dangerous situation) · hu fáradozás (effort) · haw pilikia (distressful or dangerous situation) · ar مَتاعِب (distressful or dangerous situation) · hu baj (difficulty) · fi tappelu (violent occurrence) · es brete (distressful or dangerous situation) · pt dificuldade (difficulty) · cmn 麻煩 /麻烦 (distressful or dangerous situation) · it contrasto (liability for punishment) · de Ärger (distressful or dangerous situation) · hu utánajárás (effort) · ru затрудне́ние (difficulty) · el πρόβλημα (malfunction) · cmn 冲突 (violent occurrence) · bn তকলিফ (distressful or dangerous situation) · fa زحمت (effort) · el φασαρία (distressful or dangerous situation) · cmn 衝突 /冲突 (violent occurrence) · mi māreherehe (difficulty) · ru пробле́мы (liability for punishment) · gd dragh (distressful or dangerous situation) · pl przykrość (distressful or dangerous situation) · tg заҳмат (difficulty) · de Schwierigkeit (difficulty) · uk біда́ (distressful or dangerous situation) · de Mühe (effort) · fi pula (distressful or dangerous situation) · sq barazhgë (distressful or dangerous situation) · ja 揉め事 (distressful or dangerous situation) · es cuita (distressful or dangerous situation) · el μπελάς (distressful or dangerous situation) · tly bəlo (distressful or dangerous situation) · nl zorg (distressful or dangerous situation) · ja 厄介 (effort) · tr gayret (effort) · gd teanntachd (difficulty) · hu zavar (malfunction) · tg заҳмат (effort) · it problema (violent occurrence) · fi hankaluus (difficulty) · bg уси́лие (effort) · sq telash (distressful or dangerous situation) · la difficultās (difficulty) · pl bieda (distressful or dangerous situation) · la molimen (effort) · bg авария (malfunction) · it dissesto (difficulty) · it guaio (distressful or dangerous situation) · bg неизправност (malfunction) · gd trioblaid (distressful or dangerous situation) · hu zavargás (violent occurrence) · az bəla (distressful or dangerous situation) · nl moeite (distressful or dangerous situation) · ml കുഴപ്പം (difficulty) · grc κακόν (distressful or dangerous situation) · ru хло́поты (difficulty) · gd buaireas (violent occurrence) · tr arıza (malfunction) · it tumulto (distressful or dangerous situation) · el φασαρία (violent occurrence) · got 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐍉 (distressful or dangerous situation) · ru тру́дность (difficulty) · hi दिक़्क़त (distressful or dangerous situation) · fi vaikeudet (liability for punishment) · tr problem (difficulty) · cmn 困难 (difficulty) · pl kłopot (difficulty) · ru труд (effort)

trouble en · VERB

Pronunciation

[ˈt̠͡ɹ̠̊˔ɐbɫ̩] (General-American)
(California) audio
[ˈt͡ʃɹɐbɫ̩] (General-American)
[ˈt͡ʃɹɜbɫ̩] (Southern-US)
/ˈtɹʌbəl/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
[ˈt̠͡ɹ̠̊˔ɜbɫ̩] (Southern-US)
/ˈt͡ʃɹʌbəl/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
trŭbʹəl
/ˈtɹʊbəl/ (Northern-England)
/ˈtɹɐbəl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
/ˈtɾʌbəl/ (Scotland, Wales)

Etymology

Meanings

(archaic, transitive) To disturb, stir up, agitate (a medium, especially water).
- God looking forth will trouble all his Hoſt 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, line 1100:
- For an Angel went downe at a certaine season into the poole, and troubled the water: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 5:4:
(transitive) To mentally distress; to cause (someone) to be anxious or perplexed.
- Never trouble your ſelf about thoſe Faults in them, which you know Age will cure. 1693, [John Locke], “§65”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC, page 68:
- Take the Boy to you: he ſo troubles me, / ’Tis paſt enduring. c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 281, column 2:
- What she said about narcissism is troubling me.
- Now is my soule troubled, and what shall I say? Father, saue me from this houre, but for this cause came I vnto this houre. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 12:27:
(transitive) In weaker sense: to bother or inconvenience.
- I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.
(of ailments, transitive, usually) To physically afflict.
- My bad knee is troubling me.
(intransitive, reflexive) To take pains (to do something); to bother.
- I won’t trouble to post the letter today; I can do it tomorrow.
- « The hut’s not very tidy, if you don’t mind, » he said. « I cleared it what I could. » / « But I didn’t want you to trouble! » she said. 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter X, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC, page 132:
(intransitive) To worry; to be anxious.
- Why trouble about the future? It is wholly uncertain. 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.26:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Source
troubles	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
troubled	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
troubled	Tense=Past	lexicographic
troubling	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic

Deriveds

untrouble · overtrouble · trouble the scorers · untroublable

Descendants

tröble

turbid · turbulent

Synonyms

vex · pee off · atray · cark · get someone's goat · take great pains · acerbate · harry · stir · roil · get someone's back up · Idioms: · trouble · vex · nerve · provoke · tee off · try one's patience · burn someone's ass · nark · wind up · put someone's back up · irritate · trouble · make an effort · wring · grotch · bother · rankle · storm · roil · devil · get up · discommode · molest · afflict · rub someone the wrong way · test someone's patience · hassle · rub up the wrong way · torment · tick off · jazz · hack off · get on someone's nerves · get under someone's skin · irk · get someone's dander up · ruffle · get on someone's tits · peeve · anxietize · grind one's gears · frustrate · botherate · exasperate · piss off · pique · bedevil · nettle · grate · get · plague · peeve off · rile up · chap someone's hide · distress · torment · boil someone's piss · distress · hassle · harrow · give someone the shits · get someone's Irish up · engrieve · inturbidate · disgruntle · aggravate · annoy · get under one's goat · get on someone's wick · cag · mommick · bug · persecute · torque off · raise someone's hackles · cheese off · antagonize · get someone's nanny-goat · aggrieve · ruffle someone's feathers · rile · harass · incommode · grame · angst · sting · harsh one's mellow · rend · get someone's nanny · fret · lacerate · muddle · burn up

Translations (71)

ga cráigh (to bother; to annoy) · ru трево́жить (to bother; to annoy) · nan-hbl 麻煩 /麻烦 (to bother; to annoy) · fr déranger (to bother; to annoy) · grc ὀχλέω (to bother; to annoy) · hu aggaszt (to bother; to annoy) · uk занепоко́їти (to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed) · pl niepokoić (to bother; to annoy) · it disturbare (to bother; to annoy) · pl przeszkadzać (to bother; to annoy) · cmn 騷攪 /骚搅 (to bother; to annoy) · gd buair (to bother; to annoy) · de bekümmern (to bother; to annoy) · enm troublen (to bother; to annoy) · it agitare (to bother; to annoy) · chr ᎠᏕᏯᏙᏗᎭ (to bother; to annoy) · pt molestar (to bother; to annoy) · fi vaivata (to bother; to annoy) · uk непоко́їти (to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed) · es dar cajeta (to bother; to annoy) · tl pahirapan (to bother; to annoy) · lv traucēt (to bother; to annoy) · ja 面倒を掛ける (to bother; to annoy) · es aproblemar (to bother; to annoy) · ja 手数を掛ける (to bother; to annoy) · pl dokuczać (to bother; to annoy) · eo ĝeni (to bother; to annoy) · got 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to bother; to annoy) · hu zavar (to bother; to annoy) · bg тревожа (to bother; to annoy) · de belästigen (to bother; to annoy) · es dar cajeta (to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed) · gd cuir dragh air (to bother; to annoy) · es acuitar (to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed) · it esagitare (to bother; to annoy) · uk хвилюва́ти (to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed) · ru взволнова́ть (to bother; to annoy) · ru беспоко́ить (to bother; to annoy) · arz كلف (to bother; to annoy) · ru побеспоко́ить (to bother; to annoy) · ru потрево́жить (to bother; to annoy) · es emproblemar (to bother; to annoy) · fr embêter (to bother; to annoy) · tl istorbo (to bother; to annoy) · sa बाधति (to bother; to annoy) · ru встрево́жить (to bother; to annoy) · uk схвилюва́ти (to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed) · es aproblemar (to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed) · es cuitar (to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed) · pl martwić (to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed) · es encuitar (to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed) · hu fáraszt (to bother; to annoy) · de beunruhigen (to bother; to annoy) · cmn 麻煩 /麻烦 (to bother; to annoy) · uk турбува́ти (to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed) · bg безпокоя (to bother; to annoy) · sw kusumbua (to bother; to annoy) · ru волнова́ть (to bother; to annoy) · fr troubler (to bother; to annoy) · ru обеспоко́ить (to bother; to annoy) · enm troublen (to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed) · es emproblemar (to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed) · it infastidire (to bother; to annoy) · uk турбува́ти (to bother; to annoy) · el ενοχλώ (to bother; to annoy) · pt incomodar (to bother; to annoy) · pt irritar (to bother; to annoy) · grc σκύλλω (to bother; to annoy) · cs trápit (to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed) · nan-hbl 齪嘈 /龊嘈 (to bother; to annoy) · kea ardiga (to bother; to annoy)

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trouble en · NOUN

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trouble en · VERB

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