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trou·bled
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Princeton's WordNet
troubledadjective
characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need
"troubled areas"; "fell into a troubled sleep"; "a troubled expression"; "troubled teenagers"
disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulentadjective
characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
"effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly childhood"
Wiktionary
troubledadjective
anxious, worried, careworn
ChatGPT
troubled
Troubled generally refers to a state of being characterized by problems, difficulties, or distress. It could pertain to an individual who is experiencing emotional or mental unrest, defying or disobeying norms, or dealing with various adversities. Additionally, it can be used in various contexts to describe, situations, states or regions going through turbulence, conflicts, or instability. It denotes concern, worry, or agitation.
Webster Dictionary
Troubled
of Trouble
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of troubled in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of troubled in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of troubled in a Sentence
I let them know up front going into the meeting that I had not decided whether to accept the offer to go back out to Kiev because I was troubled by what I was hearing, not just this Rudy Giuliani article, but I was troubled by other things as well and I made this clear to both, both Mr. Ulrich Brechbuhl and Secretary Mike Pompeo.
I'm troubled by the calls to go after internet advertising, especially during a time of such economic turmoil like we face today with Covid, it's true that making it more difficult to target ads would affect the revenue of companies like Facebook. But the much bigger cost of such a move would be to reduce the effectiveness of the ads and opportunities for small businesses to grow. ... it would probably be felt at a macroeconomic level.
It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled sea of thought.
He who wishes to exert a useful influence must be careful to insult nothing. Let him not be troubled by what seems absurd, but concentrate his energies to the creation of what is good. He must not demolish, but build. He must raise temples where mankind may come and partake of the purest pleasure.
Russia banned Telegram on its territory in April because we refused to provide decryption keys for all our users' communications to Russia's security agencies. We believe we did the only possible thing, preserving the right of our users to privacy in a troubled country, as a result, we've also been unable to fully comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for our EU-users by the deadline of May 25, 2018. We are continuing our efforts to resolve the situation.
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