troublous
Americanadjective
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characterized by trouble; unsettled.
troublous times.
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turbulent; stormy.
a troublous sea.
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causing annoyance; troublesome.
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causing disturbance; restless.
a troublous preacher.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- troublously adverb
- troublousness noun
Etymology
Origin of troublous
1400–50; late Middle English troub ( e ) lous, equivalent to trouble turbid (< Middle French < Vulgar Latin *turbulus; see trouble) + -ous
Vocabulary lists containing troublous
Example Sentences
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He is the one and only person that this country needs in these troublous times to cement the two great races in Canada into one loyal mass.
From Time Magazine Archive
Into the water slipped the Queen Elizabeth, and into troublous times.
From Time Magazine Archive
Illiterate, geistlos, breathtakingly beautiful, object of adoration and of scorn, Emma Hamilton's star flashed through triumphant, troublous skies, and two centuries have not quenched its sullied splendor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Amid troublous times the Abbot secreted certain valuable deeds in a vast meat pie.
From Time Magazine Archive
On our way we can talk together, and tell tales to each other; so your troublous thoughts will leave you.
From Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck by Tieck, Ludwig
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