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troubled

  • past participle
    of trouble.
    trouble
    verb (used with object)
    to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
  • past tense form
    of trouble.
    trouble
    verb (used with object)
    to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
  • a word derived from trouble.
    trouble
    verb (used with object)
    to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.

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Noel Rasmussen, Thomas Markle's granddaughter and niece of the Duchess of Sussex, previously told the BBC she was "deeply troubled by the questions surrounding the Metropolitan Police's handling of the information it received".

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

On “Nashville,” she played a troubled country music star, doing her own singing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Betancourt’s legal problems stemmed from his role in troubled Venezuelan energy projects during the corrupt rule of former President Hugo Chávez.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

France’s debt rating is under review, and the expectation is the report card for the troubled country due on Friday won’t be a positive one.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

His theory was that the problems of many troubled patients rested in forgotten psychic traumas, and through free association and the interpretation of dreams the key to the problems could be unlocked.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady