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Troublesome definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TROUBLESOME, a. trub'lsome. Giving trouble or disturbance; molesting; annoying; vexatious. In warm climates, insects are very troublesome.
1. Burdensome; tiresome; wearisome.
My mother will never be troublesome to me.
2. Giving inconvenience to. I wish not to be troublesome as a guest.
3. Teasing; importunate; as a troublesome applicant.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: difficult to deal with; "a troublesome infection"; "a troublesome situation"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1542 1. difficult, burdensome 2. giving trouble or anxiety ; vexatious <troublesome news> • troublesomely adverb • troublesomeness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 causing trouble. 2 vexing, annoying. Derivatives: troublesomely adv. troublesomeness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Troublesome Trou"ble*some, a. Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome. This troublesome world. --Book of Common Prayer. These troublesome disguises that we wear. --Milton. My mother will never be troublesome to me. --Pope. Syn: Uneasy; vexatious; perplexing; harassing; annoying; disgusting; irksome; afflictive; burdensome; tiresome; wearisome; importunate. -- Trou"ble*some*ly, adv. -- Trou"ble*some*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. You use troublesome to describe something or someone that causes annoying problems or difficulties. He needed surgery to cure a troublesome back injury... ADJ 2. A troublesome situation or issue is full of complicated problems or difficulties. The economy has become a troublesome issue for the Conservative Party. ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Vexatious, annoying, perplexing, harassing, galling, painful. 2. Burdensome, wearisome, tiresome, irksome. 3. Importunate, teasing, intrusive. 4. Hard, difficult, trying, arduous.

Moby Thesaurus

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