troublous
characterized by trouble; unsettled: troublous times.
turbulent; stormy: a troublous sea.
causing annoyance; troublesome.
causing disturbance; restless: a troublous preacher.
Origin of troublous
1Other words from troublous
- trou·blous·ly, adverb
- trou·blous·ness, noun
Words Nearby troublous
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How to use troublous in a sentence
A grim memorial of those troublous times is still preserved at Ypres.
Belgium | George W. T. (George William Thomson) OmondThe hero of this story was the son of a nobleman who had lost his estates during the troublous times of the Commonwealth.
A Roving Commission | G. A. HentyThe face, often so weary with pain, so restless with troublous thoughts, had now the faint soft smile of eternal rest upon it.
North and South | Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellUnfortunately, however, the minister whom the reformed had obtained was ill-suited to these troublous times.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots | Henry BairdBut surely the boys in camp and field were doing all they could, under orders, to hasten the end of these troublous times.
The Blue and The Gray | A. R. White
British Dictionary definitions for troublous
/ (ˈtrʌbləs) /
archaic, or literary unsettled; agitated
Derived forms of troublous
- troublously, adverb
- troublousness, noun
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