troublesome
- causing trouble, annoyance, or difficulty; vexatious: a troublesome situation; a troublesome person.
- laborious; difficult.
- Archaic. full of distress or affliction.
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tricky, intractable, tough, unruly, problematic, taxing, worrying, ugly, burdensome, irksome, damaging, dangerous, messy, alarming, inconvenient, annoying, irritating, painful, difficult, vexingExamples from the Web for troublesome
Contemporary Examples of troublesome
But this approach can be troublesome for a variety of reasons.
The Craziest Date Night for Single Jews, Where Mistletoe Is Ditched for ShotsEmily Shire
December 26, 2014
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.
Historical Examples of troublesome
I shouldn't wonder if she thought me troublesome in those days.
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
To people who are, and who can afford them, they are a troublesome necessity.
A Treatise on Parents and ChildrenGeorge Bernard Shaw
It's been hot, and of course it's troublesome to tell me everything.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
Tenancy at a fixed rental is preferred, as less complicated and troublesome.
The Roof of FranceMatilda Betham-Edwards
Why should this troublesome matter come to her when she had so much to bear, so much to do.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
troublesome
- causing a great deal of trouble; worrying, upsetting, or annoying
- characterized by violence; turbulent