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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

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>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Someone who is troubled is worried because they have problems. Rose sounded deeply troubled... ADJ 2. A troubled place, situation, organization, or time has many problems or conflicts. There is much we can do to help this troubled country... ADJ: usu ADJ n 3. to pour oil on troubled waters: see oil

Moby Thesaurus

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