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    trou·ble
    [ˈtrəb(ə)l]
    noun
    trouble (noun) · troubles (plural noun) · the Troubles (plural noun)
    1. difficulty or problems:
      "I had trouble finding somewhere to park" · "friends should support each other when they are in trouble" · "the scheme ran into trouble" · "our troubles are just beginning"
      • the malfunction of something such as a machine or a part of the body:
        "their helicopter developed engine trouble"
      • effort or exertion made to do something, especially when inconvenient:
        "I wouldn't want to put you to any trouble" · "he's gone to a lot of trouble to help you"
      • a cause of worry or inconvenience:
        "the kid had been no trouble up to now"
      • a particular aspect or quality of something regarded as unsatisfactory or as a source of difficulty:
        "that's the trouble with capitalism"
      • a situation in which one is liable to incur punishment or blame:
        "he's been in trouble with the police"
      • informal
        dated
        used to refer to the condition of a pregnant unmarried woman:
        "a young woman who has gotten herself into trouble"
    2. public unrest or disorder:
      "the cops are preparing for trouble by bringing in tear gas"
      • (the Troubles)
        any of various periods of civil war or unrest in Ireland, especially in 1919–23 and (in Northern Ireland) between 1968 and 1998.
    verb
    trouble (verb) · troubles (third person present) · troubled (past tense) · troubled (past participle) · troubling (present participle)
    1. cause distress or anxiety to:
      "he was not troubled by doubts" · "it did not trouble me that he had secrets"
      • (trouble about/over/with)
        be distressed or anxious about:
        "she was too concerned with her own feelings to trouble about Clare's" · "there is nothing you need trouble about"
      • cause (someone) pain:
        "my legs started to trouble me"
      • cause (someone) inconvenience (typically used as a polite way of asking someone to do something):
        "sorry to trouble you" · "could I trouble you for a receipt?"
      • make the effort required to do something:
        "oh, don't trouble to answer"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French truble (noun), trubler (verb), based on Latin turbidus (see turbid).
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    noun
    1. difficulty or problems:
      problems
      difficulty
      issues
      bother
      inconvenience
      worry
      anxiety
      distress
      concern
      disquiet
      unease
      irritation
      vexation
      annoyance
      stress
      agitation
      harassment
      unpleasantness
      hassle
      problem
      misfortune
      issue
      trial
      tribulation
      trauma
      adversity
      hardship
      burden
      pain
      suffering
      affliction
      torment
      woe
      grief
      unhappiness
      sadness
      heartache
      misery
      travails
      in a bad way
      in hot water
      in the soup
      screwed
      in the shit
      in difficulty
      in difficulties
      having problems
      in a mess
      in a predicament
      in dire/desperate straits
      heading for disaster
      heading for the rocks
      with one's back against the wall
      in shtook
      in a tight corner/spot
      in a fix
      in a hole
      up the creek (without a paddle)
      in a jam
      in a pickle
      up against it
      up a gum tree
      in deep shit
      up shit creek
    2. public unrest or disorder:
      disturbance
      disorder
      unrest
      bother
      fighting
      scuffling
      conflict
      tumult
      commotion
      turbulence
      uproar
      ructions
      fracas
      rumpus
      brouhaha
      furor
      breach of the peace
      affray
      to-do
      hoo-ha
      hullabaloo
      kerfuffle
      Opposite:
      order
      peace
      verb
      1. cause distress or anxiety to:
        worry
        bother
        concern
        disturb
        upset
        agitate
        distress
        grieve
        alarm
        perturb
        annoy
        irritate
        vex
        irk
        torment
        plague
        nag
        niggle
        oppress
        weigh down
        burden
        afflict
        perplex
        puzzle
        bug
        cause concern to
        make anxious
        make uncomfortable
        make uneasy
        gnaw at
        prey on someone's mind
        weigh/lie heavy on someone's mind
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