trouble
trouble is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 8 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.God looking forth will trouble all his host. Milton.
- 2.To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex. Now is my soul troubled. John xii.
- 3.Take the boy to you; he so troubles me 'T is past enduring. Shak. Never trouble yourself about those faults which age will cure. Locke.
- 4.To give occasion for labor to; -- used in polite phraseology; as, I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.
- 5.Troubled; dark; gloomy. [Obs.] "With full trouble cheer." Chaucer.
- 6.The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation; uneasiness; vexation; calamity. Lest the fiend . . . some new trouble raise. Milton. Foul whisperings are abroad; unnatural deeds Do breed unnatural troubles. Shak.
- 7.That which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation; that which afflicts.
- 8.(Mining) A fault or interruption in a stratum. To get into trouble, to get into difficulty or danger. [Colloq.] -- To take the trouble, to be at the pains; to exert one's self; to give one's self inconvenience. She never took the trouble to close them. Bryant.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
- adversity
- afflict
- affliction
- annoy
- annoyance
- anxiety
- calamity
- distress
- disturbance
- embarrassment
- grieve
- harass
- inconvenience
- misery
- misfortune
- molest
- molestation
- perplex
- perplexity
- sorrow
- tease
- to disturb
- vex
- vexation
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accident
- adversity
- and
- awry
- bad
- badness
- bale
- bane
- blow
- box
- bruise
- buffet
- calamity
- casualty
- catastrophe
- cause
- cost
- crying
- damage
- demon
- destruction
- deterioration
- devil
- disadvantage
- disadvantageous
- disaster
- disastrous
- disservice
- doer
- drawback
- evil
- field
- flesh
- flood
- foul
- gash
- grievance
- harm
- heir
- hurt
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is trouble.
- What is god looking forth will trouble all his host. Milton called?
- What is to disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex. Now is my soul troubled. John xii called?
- What is take the boy to you; he so troubles me 'T is past enduring. Shak. Never trouble yourself about those faults which age will cure. Locke called?
- What is to give occasion for labor to; -- used in polite phraseology; as, I will not trouble you to deliver the letter called?
- What is troubled; dark; gloomy. [Obs.] "With full trouble cheer." Chaucer called?
- What is that which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation; that which afflicts called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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