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noun

Trouble n.

1.

The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation; uneasiness; vexation; calamity. "Lest the fiend... some new trouble raise." "Foul whisperings are abroad; unnatural deeds Do breed unnatural troubles."

2.

That which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation; that which afflicts.

3.

(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."

Synonyms: Affliction; disturbance; perplexity; annoyance; molestation; vexation; inconvenience; calamity; misfortune; adversity; embarrassment; anxiety; sorrow; misery.

verb

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

1.

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."

2.

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."

3.

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.

adjective

Trouble adj. Troubled; dark; gloomy. (Obs.) "With full trouble cheer."

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Etymology of 'Trouble'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Trouble" Quotes from Famous Books

... little alarmed, at what in fact they beheld; for Mr. Lincoln appeared before them a self-possessed man, expressing to them such clear convictions and such a distinct and firm purpose as compelled them into new notions of his capacity and told them of much trouble ahead. His remark to Mr. Rives, coming from one who spoke accurately, had an ominous sound in rebellious ears: "My course is as plain as a turnpike road. It is marked out by the Constitution. I am in no doubt which way to go." The wiser Southerners ...

— Abraham Lincoln, Vol. I. • John T. Morse

... and the friendship grew with time. The fact that he had distinguished himself in the Moral Science Tripos at {22} first rather awed me, a freshman. But I soon got over that feeling, for he was the last person in the world to trouble any one with a ...

— Letters to His Friends • Forbes Robinson

... Still, I feel about the same, so that it would be impossible to get up a striking picture of "before and after." It was good-natured on their part to pray for me, and that act alone leads me to believe that there is still hope for them. The trouble with the Christian Endeavorers is that they don't give my arguments consideration. If they did they would agree with me. It seemed curious that they would advise divine wisdom what to do, or that they would ask infinite mercy to treat me with ...

— The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume VIII. - Interviews • Robert Green Ingersoll

... improve him, is wrong. Even when, for the sake of his companions, a boy has to be separated from them, the good of the boy himself must not be forgotten. In fact, all through, school discipline should be based on the good of the boys and not on the idea of saving trouble to the teacher. The loving teacher does not ...

— Education as Service • J. Krishnamurti

... slipping down the shore ice and going under the ice-sheet, and he would break into a cold sweat at the idea. This shows just the worrying kind of boy Frank was; and it shows how used he was to having care put upon him, and how he would even borrow trouble ...

— The Flight of Pony Baker - A Boy's Town Story • W. D. Howells

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