trouble

Examples

• All

• The fact that people go to so much trouble for the dead suddenly made no sense at all.

  Fiction book (1991)

• I have trouble remembering names.

  The Hustler (1961)

• So to save you the trouble, just look it up yourself.

• I like that answer Joe because I have trouble making friends.

• You went to a lot of trouble for nothing.

  Gable and Lombard (1976)

• I took the trouble to bring him down here from Oregon.

  Double Indemnity (1944)

• If it's not too much trouble, can you please bring my fiancee home with you?

  Armageddon (1998)

• And Mark, I'm having trouble hearing you, and I'm having trouble understanding Marina.

• They've gone to the trouble of putting labels on.

• I took the trouble to fix the broken chair before our guests arrived.

Synonyms

D

difficulty

vstrouble

651 2.4

A hard part of a task that needs extra effort or is not easy to understand

focuses on the effort or inconvenience needed to achieve it

H

hassle

vstrouble

89 4.5

A situation that causes extra work or annoyance

emphasizes the effort and inconvenience required not the argument

B

bother

vstrouble

29 2.1

A thing that causes trouble or annoyance

focuses on the effort or inconvenience involved rather than the cause

Antonyms

E

ease

304 1.0

A state of comfort and freedom from worry

C

convenience

116 1.4

The state of being easy or useful for people

Idioms

I

in trouble

∞ 2.9

In difficulty and likely to face bad results because of a mistake or bad situation

A

to ask for trouble

• Informal

12 4.8

Act in a way likely to cause problems

T

trouble in paradise

• Informal

6 6.7

A problem in a relationship or situation that looks perfect

I

in bed with trouble

• Informal

9.8

To be in a difficult situation because of something you did

T

trouble at mill

• UK

9.9

Problems and conflict happening in a workplace or team

Compounds

T

trouble spot

9 3.7

A place where problems or fighting happen often

How Inconvenient

ordeal

137 4.8

hassle

89 4.5

trouble

558 2.7

to bother

∞ 2.4

effort

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology