Category:Trouble

Trou"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Troubled; p. pr. & vb. n. Troubling.] Etym: [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. thorp; cf. Skr. tvar, Tur,o hasten. Cf. Turbid.]

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. John v. 4. God looking forth will trouble all his host. Milton.

2. To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to Fret; to annoy; to vex. Now is my soul troubled. John xii. 27. Take the boy to you; he so troubles me 't is past enduring. Shak. Never trouble yourself about those faults which age will cure. Locke.

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

Syn. -- to disturb; perplex; afflict; distress; grieve; harass; annoy; Tease; vex; molest.

Trouble Trou"ble, a.

Defn: troubled; dark; gloomy. [obs.] "with full trouble cheer." Chaucer.

Trouble Trou"ble, n. Etym: [f. trouble, of. troble, truble. See trouble, v. T.]

1. The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation; uneasiness; Vexation; calamity. Lest the fiend. . . some new trouble raise. Milton. Foul whisperings are abroad; unnatural deeds do breed unnatural Troubles. Shak.

2. That which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation; that which Afflicts.

3. (mining)

Defn: 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. Bryant.

Syn. -- affliction; disturbance; perplexity; annoyance; molestation; Vexation; inconvenience; calamity; misfortune; adversity; Embarrassment; anxiety; sorrow; misery.