trouble

/tɹˈʌbəl/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a source of difficulty
   “one trouble after another delayed the job”
2. an angry disturbance
   “he didn't want to make a fuss”
3. an event causing distress or pain
   “what is the trouble?”
4. an effort that is inconvenient
   “I went to a lot of trouble”
5. a strong feeling of anxiety
   “his worry over the prospect of being fired”
6. an unwanted pregnancy
   “he got several girls in trouble”

verb

1. move deeply
   “This book upset me”
2. to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
   “Sorry to trouble you, but...”
3. disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
   “She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill”
4. take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
   “He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday”
5. cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

Synonyms for trouble

• problem
• fuss
• bother
• hassle
• difficulty
• worry
• disturb
• upset
• put out
• inconvenience
• disoblige
• discommode
• incommode
• perturb
• unhinge
• disquiet
• cark
• distract
• disorder
• trouble oneself
• inconvenience oneself
• ail
• pain

Words that rhyme with trouble

• double
• bubble
• redouble
• stubble
• ineradicable
• inextricable
• rubble
• hubbell
• offshorable