adj
Meaning 1
Anxious, worried, careworn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
troubled
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈtɹʌbl̩d/
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adj
Meaning 2
Afflicted by difficulties.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The troubled Internet company announced another round of layoffs last week.
- If you're southbound you shouldn't be troubled by any rain this morning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of trouble
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- troubled areas
- fell into a troubled sleep
- a troubled expression
- troubled teenagers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: untroubled
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disruptive, riotous, tumultuous, turbulent
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: неспокоен (nespokoen) — worried, anxious
- Bulgarian: разтревожен (raztrevožen) — worried, anxious
- Chinese Mandarin: 擔心 /担心 (dānxīn) — worried, anxious
- Esperanto: maltrankvila — worried, anxious
- Esperanto: ĝenita — worried, anxious
- German: gestört — worried, anxious
- German: besorgt — worried, anxious
- Hindi: परेशान (pareśān) — worried, anxious
- Hindi: त्रस्त (trast) — worried, anxious
- Hindi: संतप्त (santapt) — worried, anxious
- Japanese: 心配した (shinpai shita) — worried, anxious
- Latin: sollicitus — worried, anxious
- Russian: обеспоко́енный (obespokójennyj) — worried, anxious
- Russian: встрево́женный (vstrevóžennyj) — worried, anxious
- Spanish: afligido — worried, anxious
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