Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for tsuris. Search instead for tsurises.

tsuris

American  
[tsoor-is, tsur-] / ˈtsʊər ɪs, ˈtsɜr- /
Or tsouris,

noun

Slang.
  1. trouble; woe.


Etymology

Origin of tsuris

1970–75; < Yiddish tsures, tsores, plural of tsure, tsore < Hebrew ṣarā, plural ṣarōth troubles

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

While all of this is taking place in dreamlike fashion, there’s a lot of other mishigas and tsuris to get through.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2023

He did, after all, close his own label with very little tsuris after he landed the bigger jobs, swapping independence for the corporate superstructure of power, budgets and reach.

From New York Times Jan. 25, 2021

We learn more about the tsuris with Carrie Fisher, but we are not inside that marriage: We are on the outside, getting fragments of the anecdotes better delivered in Fisher’s monologue Wishful Drinking.

From Slate May 31, 2018

This caused a lot of tsuris among the private-school families, who were against homelessness in principle.

From The Guardian Jan. 10, 2017

Listen Daniel, I'm telling you from my heart, you want more tsuris than you already got?

From Seattle Times Oct. 15, 2011

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training