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; trouble ) + -ous
Example Sentences
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Oaxaca, dotted with old Spanish churches and circled by yet older Zapotecan pyramids, was a troublous city.
From Time Magazine Archive
By promoting earnest, dull and difficult Bob Patterson, President Truman made sure of continuity in War Department policy during the troublous demobilization months, the Pearl Harbor inquiry, the coming battle over the armed forces merger.
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
Today the Marines still have a fanatic pride in their Corps, accumulated through the years by service in foreign parts, in troublous times.
From Time Magazine Archive
The times were troublous, and soon the king compelled Lady Margaret de Villeroy with her children to go to Paris as hostages.
From A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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