trouble
verb (used with object)
to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
troubler
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a word derived from
trouble.
Example Sentences
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Douglass, who claimed February 14, 1818, as his birthday, was the hero of Barber’s Valentine’s Day address this year: “A righteous troubler of America,” he was called.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 18, 2015
As Spender sees it, an ideal student-rebel's contribution should be both non-mystical and nonpolitical: he should operate as a troubler of conscience and imagination.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most would agree with the words of the late Dr. William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, when he met Reinhold Niebuhr for the first time: "At last I've met the troubler of my peace."
From Time Magazine Archive
Paul Kruger is at the present moment the real troubler of South Africa.
From Native Races and the War by Josephine E. (Josephine Elizabeth Grey) Butler
The vision of a ghostly troubler hovering in the background, was as nothing, matched with the fear of spontaneous change arising in M. Paul himself.
From Villette by Charlotte Brontë
