trouble

Noun

• an unwanted pregnancy
  • he got several girls in trouble
    

• a strong feeling of anxiety
  • his worry over the prospect of being fired
    
  • it is not work but worry that kills
    
  • he wanted to die and end his troubles
    

• 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
    

• an event causing distress or pain
  • what is the trouble?
    
  • heart trouble
    

• an angry disturbance
  • he didn't want to make a fuss
    
  • they had labor trouble
    
  • a spot of bother
    

• a source of difficulty
  • one trouble after another delayed the job
    
  • what's the problem?
    

Verb

• cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

• take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
  • He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday
    
  • Don't bother, please
    

• 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
    

• to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
  • Sorry to trouble you, but...
    

• move deeply
  • This book upset me
    
  • A troubling thought
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  worry , difficulty , fuss , bother , hassle , problem , ail , pain , trouble oneself , inconvenience oneself , perturb , unhinge , disquiet , cark , distract , disorder , put out , inconvenience , disoblige , discommode , incommode , disturb , upset