troublesome

[truhb-uhl-suhm]

adjective

1. causing trouble, annoyance, or difficulty; vexatious.

   a troublesome situation; a troublesome person.

   Synonyms: galling

2. laborious; difficult.

   Synonyms: burdensome, hard, arduous
   Antonyms: easy

3. Archaic.,  full of distress or affliction.

troublesome

/ ˈtrʌbəlsəm /

adjective

1. causing a great deal of trouble; worrying, upsetting, or annoying

2. characterized by violence; turbulent

Other Word Forms

• troublesomely adverb
• troublesomeness noun
• untroublesome adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of troublesome¹

First recorded in 1540–50; trouble + -some ¹

Example Sentences

His first playoff outing was troublesome: Giving up two hits and two walks while recording only one out in Game 2 of the wild-card series against the Reds.

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Someone in the group chat responded to Solomon’s text after he shared it and said, “That image is troublesome on many levels.”

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If anything, the troublesome eighth inning eliminated certain relievers from consideration to pitch in in the highest-leverage of situations.

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The company says its gasification process uses high enough temperatures to break down the troublesome tar, but researchers say tar is an inevitable byproduct of this process.

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Other facilities being eyed or identified have troublesome pasts, according to a plan leaked to the Washington Post.

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