troublemaker
[truhb-uhl-mey-ker]
- a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
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Origin of troublemaker
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upsetting, disturbing, troublesome, rowdy, unruly, disorderly, obstreperous, unsettling, off-base, troublemaking, alienated, belligerent, contentious, contumacious, disaffected, disputatious, dissident, divisive, fighting, hostileExamples from the Web for troublemaking
Contemporary Examples
The troublemaking two did not seem to recognize the commissioner, but they knew cops when they saw them.
And growing up with all the shoplifting and troublemaking, you ended up enrolling in an alternative high school, right?
The school also offered Brody free acting classes, which kept him from causing mischief with his troublemaking friends.
Assad turned Syria—an Arab regional power—into a conduit for Iranian influence and troublemaking in the Middle East heartland.
troublemaker
- a person who makes trouble, esp between people
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