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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
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}, {tumultuous}, {turbulent}]
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