Definitions for TROUBLESOME
ˈtrʌb əl səmtrou·ble·some

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. troublesomeadjective

   difficult to deal with

   "a troublesome infection"; "a troublesome situation"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. troublesomeadjective

   Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome.

   This computer's been very troublesome for me. It never works when I need to use it.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Troublesomeadjective

   Etymology: from trouble.

   1. Full of molestation; vexatious; uneasy; afflictive.

   Heav’n knows
   By what bye-paths and indirect crooked ways
   I met this crown; and I myself know well
   How troublesome it sat upon my head:
   To thee it shall descend with better quiet. William Shakespeare.

   He must be very wise that can forbear being troubled at things very troublesome. John Tillotson, Sermons.

   Though our passage through this world be rough and troublesome, yet the trouble will be but short, and the rest and contentment at the end will be an ample recompence. Francis Atterbury.

   2. Burdensome; tiresome; wearisome.

   My mother will never be troublesome to me. Alexander Pope.

   3. Full of teizing business.

   All this could not make us accuse her, though it made us almost pine away for spight, to lose any of our time in so troublesome an idleness. Philip Sidney.

   4. Slightly harrassing.

   They eas’d the putting off
   These troublesome disguises which we wear. John Milton.

   Why doth the crown lie there upon his pillow,
   Being so troublesome a bedfellow. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

   5. Unseasonably engaging; improperly importuning.

   She of late is lightened of her womb,
   That her to see should be but troublesome. Fa. Qu. b. i.

   6. Importunate; teizing.

   Two or three troublesome old nurses, never let me have a quiet night’s rest with knocking me up. Arbuthnot.

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1. troublesome

   Troublesome refers to something or someone causing inconvenience, difficulty, or annoyance. It implies situations, events, or individuals that create problems or complications, often making a task or process harder, less enjoyable, or more frustrating to execute.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Troublesomeadjective

   giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome

How to pronounce TROUBLESOME?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of TROUBLESOME in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of TROUBLESOME in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of TROUBLESOME in a Sentence

1. Elisa Anders:

   A case like this, leaving a victim as brutally beaten as she was is extremely troublesome.

2. Christian Carino:

   I'm aware of him being tardy but he's been tardy on everything his entire life, i think it's troublesome to everybody, but everyone has learned how to produce a film to deal with it.

3. Benjamin Franklin:

   All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.

4. Anthony Fauci:

   We don't want to let happen in the United States what is happening currently in the UK, where Surgeon General Vivek Murthy have a troublesome variant essentially taking over as the dominant variant, which has made it a very difficult situation in the UK.

5. Anthony Fauci:

   The thing that’s troublesome now that we really need to keep our eye on are these variants, the one that is of greater concern and that really could be problematic is the mutant that is now dominant in South Africa.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=TROUBLESOME
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Troublesome
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=TROUBLESOME
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/TROUBLESOME