7 definitions found for troubled

Troubled TROUBLED, pp. trub'ld. Disturbed; agitated; afflicted; annoyed; molested.

troubled adj 1: characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need; "troubled areas"; "fell into a troubled sleep"; "a troubled expression"; "troubled teenagers" [ant: untroubled] 2: 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" [syn: disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent]

troubled adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. concerned, worried <troubled feelings about the decision> b. exhibiting emotional or behavioral problems <a program for troubled youth> 2. characterized by or indicative of trouble <our troubled cities> <a gray and troubled sky>

troubled
adj. showing, experiencing, or reflecting trouble, anxiety, etc. (a troubled mind; a troubled childhood).

troubled ˈtrʌbld adj. showing, experiencing, or reflecting trouble, anxiety, etc. (a troubled mind; a troubled childhood).

Trouble Trou"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Troubled; p. pr. & vb. n. Troubling.] [F. troubler, OF. trobler, trubler, tourbler,fr. (assumed) LL. turbulare, L. turbare to disorderly group, a little crowd; both from turba a disorder, tumult, crowd; akin to Gr. ?, and perhaps to E. thorp; cf. Skr. tvar, tur,o hasten. Cf. Turbid.] 1. To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate. An angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water. --John v. 4. God looking forth will trouble all his host. --Milton. 2. To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex. Now is my soul troubled. --John xii. 27. Take the boy to you; he so troubles me 'T is past enduring. --Shak. Never trouble yourself about those faults which age will cure. --Locke. 3. To give occasion for labor to; -- used in polite phraseology; as, I will not trouble you to deliver the letter. Syn: To disturb; perplex; afflict; distress; grieve; harass; annoy; tease; vex; molest.

95 Moby Thesaurus words for "troubled": abashed, afflicted, aggravated, agitated, all-overish, angry, annoyed, anxious, anxioused up, apprehensive, beset, bothered, browned-off, bugged, burnt-up, cast down, chafed, chagrined, chapfallen, concerned, confused, discomfited, discomforted, discomposed, disconcerted, disquieted, distracted, distrait, distressed, disturbed, embarrassed, exasperated, excited, fearful, feverish, fidgety, flurried, flustered, foreboding, galled, griped, harassed, hung up, ill at ease, in a pucker, in a stew, inconvenienced, irked, irritated, jittery, jumpy, miffed, misgiving, mortified, nervous, nervy, nettled, on tenterhooks, out of countenance, overanxious, overapprehensive, peeved, perturbed, piqued, plagued, provoked, put to it, put-out, put-upon, puzzled, resentful, restless, riled, roiled, ruffled, shaken, shaken up, solicitous, sore beset, stirred up, strained, suspenseful, tense, tormented, troublous, turbulent, uncomfortable, uneasy, unpeaceful, unquiet, unsettled, upset, vexed, worried, zealous