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Definitions for troublesome
ˈtrʌb əl səmtrou·ble·some
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word troublesome.
Princeton's WordNet
troublesomeadjective
difficult to deal with
"a troublesome infection"; "a troublesome situation"
Wiktionary
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 Dictionary
Troublesomeadjective
Etymology: from trouble.
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.
My mother will never be troublesome to me. Alexander Pope.
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.
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.She of late is lightened of her womb,
That her to see should be but troublesome. Fa. Qu. b. i.Two or three troublesome old nurses, never let me have a quiet night’s rest with knocking me up. Arbuthnot.
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
Troublesomeadjective
giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of troublesome in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of troublesome in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of troublesome in a Sentence
It is appalling. It is deplorable. It is heinous, it is violent. It is troublesome on every level.
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.
Nobody has done a proper corruption story since ... Has bribery come to an end in Turkey? Obviously not, but journalists don't believe they can win a court case, so they say, 'I'll spare myself the trouble and refrain from writing such stories', which is extremely troublesome in terms of freedom of speech and press.
What’s really troublesome and almost frightening to know is that we have a commander in chief who does not see the imperative of bringing the Americans home, that’s a longstanding ethos, not just of the military, but of America.
I wouldn’t call it a true full alliance in the real meaning of that word, but we are seeing them moving closer together, and that’s troublesome, and then … Iran is the third. So those three countries together are going to be problematic for many years to come I think, especially Russia and China because of their capability.
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