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verb

Trouble v. t. (past & past part. troubled; pres. part. troubling)

To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate. "An angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water." "God looking forth will trouble all his host."

To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex. "Now is my soul troubled." "Take the boy to you; he so troubles me 'T is past enduring." "Never trouble yourself about those faults which age will cure."

To give occasion for labor to; used in polite phraseology; as, I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.

Synonyms: To disturb; perplex; afflict; distress; grieve; harass; annoy; tease; vex; molest.

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"Troubled" Quotes from Famous Books

... relief as when, upon my resuscitation, I remembered that I had put upon paper all the events and all the suspicions which had troubled me during that fatal night of January the 28th, sixteen years before. With that in my possession, I could confront any suspicion which might arise, and it was this thought which lent to my bearing at this unhappy time a dignity and self-possession which evidently ...

— The Forsaken Inn - A Novel • Anna Katharine Green

... but ol' man Packard," he muttered heavily, though his tone was troubled. "Without you got an order from him, all signed an' ...

— Man to Man • Jackson Gregory

... tradition of simple obedience to written orders and codified instructions. The highest originality is smothered in a secretariat as its fitting cabinet. McNair knew these attributes of the Indian Government, and never troubled his head about preferment or official promotion. It is said he was on the eve of it, and the State is believed to somewhat deplore the loss of an opportunity for rewarding a servant it prized, doubtless, in its own dull, routine ...

— Memoir of William Watts McNair • J. E. Howard

... another these precautions were rendered inutile. The iron support of the stage troubled the stage mechanics, who wanted something that could be more easily handled, so wooden pieces were substituted for the iron. The location of the tank was such that the water was in danger of freezing in winter, and ...

— Chapters of Opera • Henry Edward Krehbiel

... whenever that may be, without comparisons being instituted between the Secretary of State, for example, and Strafford or even Cromwell in his worst moments, as they would think. If Cromwell is mentioned, I shall know where to point out how Cromwell was troubled by Fifth Monarchy men, Praise-God Barebones, Venner, Saxby, and others. In historical parallels I am fairly prepared for the worst. I ...

— Indian speeches (1907-1909) • John Morley (AKA Viscount Morley)

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