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
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Example Sentences
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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
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
Oaxaca, dotted with old Spanish churches and circled by yet older Zapotecan pyramids, was a troublous city.
From Time Magazine Archive
But troublous times were in store for Egypt.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
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