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

“As a founder, this could be quite troublesome to you,” said Joshua Rauh, a finance professor at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the conservative Hoover Institution.

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But her computer brain pushed those troublesome thoughts aside so she could continue the conversation at hand.

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Mr. Lacy is less responsible for creating a plausible person than becoming a progressively troublesome part of the machinery.

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The left-field option Australia could have taken for their troublesome opening spot was Mitchell Marsh.

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Still, a troublesome right knee, a hangover of schoolboy injuries sustained fielding and playing Aussie rules, would plague and ultimately end his career.

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