troublesome

[ truhb-uhl-suhm ]
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adjective
  1. causing trouble, annoyance, or difficulty; vexatious: a troublesome situation; a troublesome person.

  2. laborious; difficult.

  1. Archaic. full of distress or affliction.

Origin of troublesome

1
First recorded in 1540–50; trouble + -some1

Other words for troublesome

Opposites for troublesome

Other words from troublesome

  • trou·ble·some·ly, adverb
  • trou·ble·some·ness, noun
  • un·trou·ble·some, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for troublesome

troublesome

/ (ˈtrʌbəlsəm) /


adjective
  1. causing a great deal of trouble; worrying, upsetting, or annoying

  2. characterized by violence; turbulent

Derived forms of troublesome

  • troublesomely, adverb
  • troublesomeness, noun

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