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Trouble is anything that causes difficulty, worry, and inconvenience, or that prevents you from doing something. If you have trouble getting along with a classmate, it is hard to be friendly with him or her.

Whether you have trouble finding your shoes, you're in trouble with your teacher, or you go to a lot of trouble buying the kind of tea your sister likes, you face an annoying — and possibly distressing — difficulty. When you use trouble as a verb, it tells who or what is making life hard for you, like a headache that troubles you or childhood memories of encounters with scary clowns that probably trouble you even more deeply.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: trouble

1	n v	a source of difficulty to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
2	n v	a strong feeling of anxiety disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
3	n	an unwanted pregnancy

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: trouble

n a source of difficulty

“one trouble after another delayed the job”

Synonyms:: problem

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; pressure point
where problems or difficulties are likely to occur; can of worms
a source of unpredictable trouble and complexity; deep water
serious trouble; growing pains
problems that arise in enlarging an enterprise (especially in the early stages); hydra
trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality; matter
a problem

Type of:: difficulty
a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result

n an event causing distress or pain

“what is the trouble?”

“heart trouble”

Examples:: Teapot Dome scandal
a government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921; became symbolic of the scandals of the Harding administration; Watergate scandal
a political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice; led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974

Types:: show 27 types...; hide 27 types...; bad luck, misfortune
unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event; affliction
a cause of great suffering and distress; convulsion
a physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval; embarrassment
some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; blaze, hell
a cause of difficulty and suffering; onslaught
a sudden and severe onset of trouble; outrage, scandal
a disgraceful event; disturbance, interference, noise
electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication; clutter
unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen; pity, shame
an unfortunate development; calvary, martyrdom
any experience that causes intense suffering; skeleton, skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard
a scandal that is kept secret; misadventure, mischance, mishap
an instance of misfortune; calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; adversity
a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event; hardship
something that causes or entails suffering; knock
a bad experience; trial, tribulation, visitation
an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; curse, torment
a severe affliction; background, background signal
extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured; XT, crosstalk
the presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling; fadeout
a gradual temporary loss of a transmitted signal due to electrical disturbances; jitter
small rapid variations in a waveform resulting from fluctuations in the voltage supply or mechanical vibrations or other sources; atmospheric static, atmospherics, static
a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference; white noise
a noise produced by a stimulus containing all of the audible frequencies of vibration; attack
a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; bane, curse, nemesis, scourge
something causing misery or death

Type of:: happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent
an event that happens

n an angry disturbance

“they had labor trouble”

Synonyms:: bother, fuss, hassle

Type of:: disturbance, perturbation
activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption

n an effort that is inconvenient

“I went to a lot of trouble”

“he won without any trouble”

Synonyms:: difficulty

Types:: the devil
something difficult or awkward to do or deal with; tsuris
(Yiddish) aggravating trouble

Type of:: effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat, travail
use of physical or mental energy; hard work

v to cause inconvenience or discomfort to

“Sorry to trouble you, but...”

Synonyms:: bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out

Types:: distress, straiten
bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship

Type of:: affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on
have an effect upon

v take the trouble to do something; concern oneself

“He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday”

Synonyms:: bother, inconvenience oneself, trouble oneself

Type of:: reach, strain, strive
to exert much effort or energy

v cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

Synonyms:: ail, pain

Types:: break out, erupt, recrudesce
become raw or open

Type of:: hurt
give trouble or pain to

n a strong feeling of anxiety

“he wanted to die and end his troubles”

Synonyms:: worry

Type of:: anxiety
a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune

v disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed

Synonyms:: cark, disorder, disquiet, distract, perturb, unhinge

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; vex, worry
disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; misgive
suggest fear or doubt; eat, eat on
worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way; nag
worry persistently

Type of:: disturb, upset
move deeply

v move deeply

“A troubling thought”

Synonyms:: disturb, upset

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; jolt
disturb (someone's) composure; cark, disorder, disquiet, distract, perturb, unhinge
disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; distress
cause mental pain to; hype up, psych up
get excited or stimulated; vex, worry
disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; bother
make nervous or agitated; besiege
cause to feel distressed or worried; pother
make upset or troubled; electrify
excite suddenly and intensely

Type of:: affect, impress, move, strike
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

n an unwanted pregnancy

“he got several girls in trouble”

Type of:: gestation, maternity, pregnancy
the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

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