trouble
verb (used with object)
to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
troublingly
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a word derived from
trouble.
Example Sentences
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And, most troublingly for kicking specialists, brand new footballs are incredibly stiff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
“Most troublingly, the child remains with the Masts to this day.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
In the United States, colleagues, my school’s Black Law Students Association, and, more troublingly, a police officer who stopped me on the streets of St. Louis all thought I was Black.
From Slate ● Jul. 5, 2023
Rocket proves troublingly resistant to medical treatment, sending his friends on a valiant, sometimes bumbling journey for answers and antidotes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
They are to remember that, howsoever inconveniently and troublingly, youth represents the ungainsayable imperiousness of the future.
From Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home by Wise, Stephen
