trouble
Definitions
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A Tone of Voice That Meant Trouble 138 -
WordNet 3.6
- v trouble cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
- v trouble 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"
- v trouble move deeply "This book upset me","A troubling thought"
- v trouble take the trouble to do something; concern oneself "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday","Don't bother, please"
- v trouble to cause inconvenience or discomfort to "Sorry to trouble you, but..."
- n trouble an effort that is inconvenient "I went to a lot of trouble","he won without any trouble","had difficulty walking","finished the test only with great difficulty"
- n trouble a source of difficulty "one trouble after another delayed the job","what's the problem?"
- n trouble an event causing distress or pain "what is the trouble?","heart trouble"
- n trouble an angry disturbance "he didn't want to make a fuss","they had labor trouble","a spot of bother"
- n trouble a strong feeling of anxiety "his worry over the prospect of being fired","it is not work but worry that kills","he wanted to die and end his troubles"
- n trouble an unwanted pregnancy "he got several girls in trouble"
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Additional illustrations & photos:
The Trouble Begins 059
COLUMBUS HAVING TROUBLE WITH HIS SAILORS
Pouring cold water on the troubled oil
NOW WHAT'S THE TROUBLE
The Trouble of Biddy {Girl playing with ducklings
The Troubles of Biddy {Chicken, duckling, and duck
The Troubles of Biddy {Four hens sitting together
The Troubles of Biddy {Girl playing with ducklings
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Interesting fact: Studies show that divorced women have more trouble starting new relationships than divorced men
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- Trouble (Mining) A fault or interruption in a stratum.
- Trouble That which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation; that which afflicts.
- Trouble 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 ." - Trouble 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." - Trouble To give occasion for labor to; -- used in polite phraseology; as, I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.
- Trouble 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."
- a Trouble Troubled; dark; gloomy. "With full trouble cheer."
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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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Interesting fact: Based on a US Justice Department study conducted between 1992 and 1996, workplace violence troubles 1.7 million Americans a year. Number of workers attacked or threatened per thousand: Police officers: 306, Private security guards: 218, Taxi drivers: 184, Prison guards: 117, Bartenders: 91, Mental health professionals: 80, Gas station attendants: 79.
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- trouble To stir up; agitate; disturb; put into commotion.
- trouble To disturb; interrupt or interfere with.
- trouble To disturb in mind; annoy; vex; harass; afflict; distress; worry.
- trouble To put to trouble, inconvenience, pains, or exertion of some kind: used conventionally in courteous requests: as, may I trouble you to shut the door?
- trouble Synonyms Afflict, Distress, etc. (see afflict); perplex, agitate, plague, pester, badger, disquiet, make uneasy, anxious, or restless.
- trouble To become turbid or cloudy.
- trouble To take trouble or pains; trouble one's self; worry: as, do not trouble about the matter.
- n trouble Vexation; perplexity; worry; difficulties; trials; affliction.
- n trouble Annoyance; molestation; persecution.
- n trouble Disturbing, annoying, or vexatious circumstance, affair, or state; distress; difficulty.
- n trouble A source or cause of annoyance, perplexity, or distress: as, he is a great trouble to us.
- n trouble Labor; laborious effort: as, it is no trouble.
- n trouble In law, particularly French law, anything causing injury or damage such as is the subject of legal relief.
- n trouble A disease, or a diseased condition; an affection: as, a cancerous trouble.
- n trouble In mining, a small fault. Also called a throw, slide, slip, heave, or check. = Syn. 1–3. Inconvenience, embarrassment, anxiety, adversity, misfortune, calamity, sorrow, tribulation, misery, plague, torment. See the verb.
- trouble Same as troubly.
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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
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Interesting fact: Blaise Pascal's father was a French tax collector who had trouble keeping track of his collections. So in 1642, young Pascal designed and built a mechanical adding machine to help. It was the first mechanical calculator in history.
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- v.t Trouble trub′l to put into a confused state: to agitate: to disturb: to annoy: to busy or engage overmuch: to put to inconvenience
- v.i Trouble to take pains
- n Trouble disturbance: affliction: disease: uneasiness: that which disturbs or afflicts
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Quotations
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“With me a change of trouble is as good as a vacation.” -
“I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man.” -
“Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.” -
“When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.” -
“The trouble with law is lawyers.” -
“My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.”
Idioms
Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you - Don't go looking for trouble or problems- let them come to you.
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Fish in troubled waters - Someone who fishes in troubled waters tries to takes advantage of a shaky or unstable situation. The extremists were fishing in troubled waters during the political uncertainty in the country.
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Pour oil on troubled waters - If someone pours oil on troubled waters, they try to calm things down.
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Etymology
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
F. troubler, OF. trobler, trubler, tourbler,fr. (assumed) LL. turbulare, L. turbare, to disorderly group, a little crowd; both from turba, a disorder, tumult, crowd; akin to Gr. , and perhaps to E. thorp,; cf. Skr. tvar, tur,o hasten. Cf. Turbid
Usage
In literature:
As for the girls, I don't see what right I have to be troubled; they took deuced little trouble with me.
"The Perpetual Curate" by Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant
Mascola and I had some trouble.
"El Diablo" by Brayton Norton
It has ended as far as his trouble with his neighbours is concerned.
"The Inglises" by Margaret Murray Robertson
Her troubles seemed to have overwhelmed her.
"The Cryptogram" by James De Mille
She was very pale by this time: full realization of all this trouble was coming to her, as it had come to Phillis.
"Not Like Other Girls" by Rosa N. Carey
I never remember any trouble I ever had but you found some means of clearing it away.
"The Marriage of Elinor" by Margaret Oliphant
His maimed leg often troubled him; he could not walk far, and riding was impossible.
"Lover or Friend" by Rosa Nouchette Carey
I am sorry that I have come to trouble you.
"The Rainbow" by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
He, however, still looked troubled, and his colour was higher than usual.
"Blake's Burden" by Harold Bindloss
Guess your trouble is you haven't enough capital.
"Partners of the Out-Trail" by Harold Bindloss
However, I don't believe we shall be troubled again to-night.
"The Prisoner" by Alice Brown
It's getting to trouble me as much as it troubles you.
"A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties" by Charles Major
Had she been a vicious woman nothing would have troubled her, but she was not vicious.
"The Twins of Suffering Creek" by Ridgwell Cullum
And our troubles would be your troubles.
"Ireland as It Is" by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
Troubles Indicated by Specific Gravity Readings.
"The Automobile Storage Battery" by O. A. Witte
But such comforts cost trouble, and you hate trouble.
"Is He Popenjoy?" by Anthony Trollope
She saw that there was trouble, and she spoke of it.
"A Singer from the Sea" by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
While sitting there, engrossed by thoughts of the country's troubles, I learned of another trouble nearer home.
"Waldfried" by Berthold Auerbach
For they dared not let the horse go fast when Trouble was with them, and Trouble wanted to go fast.
"The Curlytops at Uncle Frank's Ranch" by Howard R. Garis
Lots of trouble, and nobody pleased.
"Lady Cassandra" by Mrs George de Horne Vaizey
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In poetry:
DARIA.
Not confused or troubled, rather
With a certain fear I see thee,
For which I have grounds most ample.
Not confused or troubled, rather
With a certain fear I see thee,
For which I have grounds most ample.
"The Purgatory Of St. Patrick - Act II" by Denis Florence MacCarthy
They tell me of their troubles,
They tell me of their mirth,
Of funerals and of feastings,
Of marriage and birth.
They tell me of their mirth,
Of funerals and of feastings,
Of marriage and birth.
"The Misanthrope" by Cicely Fox Smith
O Everlasting Love,
Wellspring of grace and peace,
Pour down Thy fulness from above,
Bid doubt and trouble cease.
Wellspring of grace and peace,
Pour down Thy fulness from above,
Bid doubt and trouble cease.
"O Everlasting Light" by Horatius Bonar
Almighty Father of mankind,
On thee my hopes remain;
And when the day of trouble comes,
I shall not trust in vain.
On thee my hopes remain;
And when the day of trouble comes,
I shall not trust in vain.
"Trust in Providence" by John Logan
Consider all my sorrows, Lord,
And thy deliv'rance send;
My soul for thy salvation faints
When will my troubles end?
And thy deliv'rance send;
My soul for thy salvation faints
When will my troubles end?
"Psalm 119 part 14" by Isaac Watts
Then cease to weep, they've nought to fear,—
Their troubles are blown o'er,—
But who can check the parting tear,
At seeing them no more?
Their troubles are blown o'er,—
But who can check the parting tear,
At seeing them no more?
"An Elegy On The Death Of A Young Child, (That Died November 23rd, 1827.)" by Joseph Hodgson
In news:
Gas station ruckus Two men in their 40s were causing trouble at two gas stations on the 7100 block of Delridge Way S.W.
Conditions at Lexington, Blue Grass Airport, KY. High winds caused trouble for much of the day in central Kentucky.
Unlike some older varieties, today's perennial geraniums have been bred for trouble-free, long-blooming performance.
Vintage Trouble's Overseas Strategy Pays Off With ' Bomb Shelter '.
Slattery does not finish with injury trouble.
Stars in trouble with the law.
In Fox's new drama, Julianna Margulies stars as a brilliant, but troubled, defense lawyer.
Kim Kardashian is clearly having trouble on the fashion front lately.
Hasn't had much trouble staying alive.
Troubles arise when the spouse's paycheck supports a family and a business.
If you were trying to use your water early Tuesday morning, you may have had a little trouble.
The offense had trouble scoring in the first quarter.
Jimmy Savile and the trouble with giving: Salutin.
I have always had trouble delegating.
Scott DesJarlais in deep trouble.
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In science:
Troubles started in the early nineteen nineties.
An Introduction to Monte Carlo Simulation of Statistical physics Problem
Low frequency noise is a source of troubles for polarization as well as for temperature measurements.
Some sources of systematic errors on CMB polarized measurements with bolometers
The trouble comes from gain variations with time.
Some sources of systematic errors on CMB polarized measurements with bolometers
The trouble is that I was unable to identify the corresponding scenario of interference.
Quantum randomness emerging under gravitational nonlinearity
Hence we have JacS (A,d)/B (A,d) J (A, d) globally and no trouble with Torelli.
Maximally irregularly fibred surfaces of general type
On the other side, the nonlinear sigma model also presents troubles in its noncommutative version.
Noncommutative Supersymmetric Theories
Due to these troubles we will consider three dimensional models.
Noncommutative Supersymmetric Theories
But in this case we do not need to go to such trouble.
Algorithmic Chaos
Susskind, The Trouble with de Sitter Space, hep-th/0212209; S.
Enlarging the Parameter Space of Heterotic M-Theory Flux Compactifications to Phenomenological Viability
Although it is not clear that they are wholly trouble-free.
Nonlocality and information flow: The approach of Deutsch and Hayden
Restricting m1 to be even does not matter as a regularization, but it may cause some trouble because we should discard some of the degrees of freedom on the world volume of D0-branes.
Perturbative dynamics of matrix string for the membrane
Remark 2.3.2 The reason we went to the trouble of redefining N was to be able to define an open set Ω whose boundary is a CR submanifold of N × Rn of same CR dimension containing near the origin N.
On the Holomorphic Extension of CR Distributions from Non Generic CR Submanifolds of $\C^L$
There are no troubles with ultraviolet divergences in the second integral, and in it, we can let Λ|x| → ∞ and replace h(yξ/|x|) by its infinite argument limit of one.
Nonaffine Correlations in Random Elastic Media
To see that (v) does not cause any trouble, we make the following observation.
On the complexity of algebraic numbers II. Continued fractions
Thus we have to check for any skew edges in the image of Φ which might cause trouble.
The Random Edge Simplex Algorithm on Dual Cyclic 4-Polytopes
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