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troublemaking

  • a word derived from troublemaker.
    troublemaker
    noun
    a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
  • a word derived from troublemaker.
    troublemaker
    noun
    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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The airport has been a target for Russian troublemaking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

She can even do country music, as in the handful of tunes she co-wrote for the latest album by the troublemaking Texas singer Koe Wetzel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024

Dobler also embraced his troublemaking persona in a 1987 Miller Lite commercial by riling up by getting them to argue the beer’s “Tastes great/Less filling” tag line.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2023

The report causes you to think back to June 22, when Goodell focused on the Washington organization’s transformation as if to say that all of Snyder’s troublemaking was in the past.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2022

So only Otto freaked out when Old Petey began to fade, along with the troublemaking camera in his hands.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles