trouble
a source of difficulty
How often you will meet it
Rank 531 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 36,749 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.017% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- a source of difficulty also: problem one trouble after another delayed the jobwhat's the problem?
- an angry disturbance also: fuss, bother, hassle he didn't want to make a fussthey had labor trouble
- an event causing distress or pain what is the trouble?heart trouble
- an effort that is inconvenient also: difficulty I went to a lot of troublehe won without any trouble
- a strong feeling of anxiety also: worry his worry over the prospect of being firedit is not work but worry that kills
- an unwanted pregnancy he got several girls in trouble
verb
- move deeply also: disturb, upset This book upset meA troubling thought
- to cause inconvenience or discomfort to also: put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother Sorry to trouble you, but...
trouble in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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She was a Honeycutt and she had married one Hawn, and there had been much trouble.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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Your letter was indeed a great trouble, and some comfort, to me and your poor mother.
Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded · Samuel Richardson · Chapter 1
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Another leaflet stated the terms on which they were prepared to take this immense trouble on my behalf.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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This occasioned a great deal of pains and trouble to me, before I could make it firm and durable.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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He says the original trouble which led to the lynching was a quarrel between Biscoe and a white man about a debt.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1