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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trouble \Trou"ble\, a. Troubled; dark; gloomy. [Obs.] ``With full trouble cheer.'' --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trouble \Trou"ble\, n. [F. trouble, OF troble, truble. See {Trouble}, v. t.] 1. The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation; uneasiness; vexation; calamity. Lest the fiend . . . some new trouble raise. --Milton. Foul whisperings are abroad; unnatural deeds Do breed unnatural troubles. --Shak. 2. That which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation; that which afflicts. 3. (Mining) A fault or interruption in a stratum. {To get into trouble}, to get into difficulty or danger. [Colloq.] {To take the trouble}, to be at the pains; to exert one's self to give one's self inconvenience. She never took the trouble to close them --Bryant. Syn: Affliction; disturbance; perplexity; annoyance; molestation; vexation; inconvenience; calamity; misfortune; adversity; embarrassment; anxiety; sorrow; misery. 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]: trouble n 1: a source of difficulty: "one trouble after another delayed the job"; "what's the problem?" [syn: {problem}] 2: a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "in trouble with the police"; "he wanted to cure the ills of all mankind"; "she was the classic maiden in distress" [syn: {ill}, {distress}] 3: an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" [syn: {fuss}, {bother}, {hassle}] 4: an event causing distress or pain; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble" 5: an effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty" [syn: {difficulty}] 6: a strong feeling of anxiety; "his distress as the prospect of being fired"; "it is not work but worry that kills"; "he wanted to die and end his troubles" [syn: {distress}, {worry}] 7: an unwanted pregnancy; "he got several girls in trouble" v 1: move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" [syn: {disturb}, {upset}] 2: to cause inconvenience or discomfort to: "Sorry to trouble you but..." [syn: {put out}, {inconvenience}, {disoblige}, {discommode}, {incommode}, {bother}] 3: disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" [syn: {perturb}, {unhinge}, {disquiet}, {cark}, {distract}, {disorder}] 4: take the trouble to do something concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please" [syn: {trouble oneself}, {bother}, {inconvenience oneself}] 5: cause bodily suffering to [syn: {afflict}, {ail}, {pain}]
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