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troublesome

[ truhb-uhl-suhm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

causing trouble, annoyance, or difficulty; vexatious:
a troublesome situation; a troublesome person.
Synonyms: galling
laborious; difficult.
Synonyms: burdensome, hard, arduous
Antonyms: easy
Archaic. full of distress or affliction.

troublesome

/ ˈtrʌbəlsəm /

First recorded in 1540–50; trouble + -some ¹

But this approach can be troublesome for a variety of reasons.

Why the government is so vehemently eager to delist the grizzly remains a troublesome question.

Reputations are constantly being disinterred, re-examined, re-purposed for use in the troublesome present.

Yes, Moscow and Tehran are troublesome today for a variety of good reasons.

The regime has, to date, never definitively weighed in on whether these troublesome critters had imperialist or fascist ties.

My soul hateth your new moons, and your solemnities: they are become troublesome to me, I am weary of bearing them.

He shall not be sad, nor troublesome, till he set judgment in the earth, and the islands shall wait for his law.

As already reported in my telegram, fire from the Asiatic shore is at times troublesome, but I am taking steps to deal with it.

The first method is the more troublesome, but, without comparison, the better one.

I caught a violent cold the very same day: it has settled in my eyes, I believe, for they have been troublesome to me ever since.

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