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⚠️ Conflict or disturbance 😟 Difficulty or worry 🛠️ Effort or bother 🙇 To bother 🤰 Unplanned pregnancy 🤢 To make sick 🚶 To make effort
to trouble

to trouble

38 3.5
To make the effort to do something, often when inconvenient
  • verb
  • /ˈtrʌbəl/
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  • I know this must trouble you, brother.
  • never troubled to
  • seem to trouble

Examples

Synonyms

to bother
vsto trouble
∞ 2.4

To make the effort to do something that is not necessary

is the general phrase that focuses on effort despite inconvenience
to trouble oneself
vsto trouble
8 5.6

To make an extra effort to do something when it is not necessary

is the basic nonreflexive expression with the same meaning
to go through all that trouble
vsto trouble
3 6.0

To do a lot of extra work or face problems for a small thing

expresses making effort but not always with extreme hardship
at pains
vsto trouble
  • Formal
2 7.3

Trying very hard to make something clear and avoid mistakes

focuses on effort in general rather than effort to prevent mistakes
to inconvenience oneself
vsto trouble
7.1

To do something that causes you trouble to help someone

is the neutral description of making effort without self discomfort

Antonyms

to ignore
∞ 1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

to neglect
256 3.8

Fail to care for someone or something you should look after

Idioms

in trouble
∞ 2.9

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

to ask for trouble
  • Informal
12 4.8

Act in a way likely to cause problems

trouble in paradise
  • Informal
6 6.7

A problem in a relationship or situation that looks perfect

in bed with trouble
  • Informal
9.8

To be in a difficult situation because of something you did

trouble at mill
  • UK
9.9

Problems and conflict happening in a workplace or team

Phrasal Verbs

to get in trouble
203 2.7

Face blame or punishment for something you did wrong

to get into trouble
200 2.6

Have problems because of what you do

to causing trouble
103 3.2

To do things that make problems for other people

to stay out of trouble
48 3.2

To avoid getting into problems with the police or people in charge

to trouble oneself
8 5.6

To make an extra effort to do something when it is not necessary

to stir trouble
  • Informal
5 5.3

To cause fights or problems between people on purpose

to go through all that trouble
3 6.0

To do a lot of extra work or face problems for a small thing

to wind up in trouble
  • Informal
1 4.8

To end up in a difficult situation because of your choices

to sniff out trouble
  • Informal
5.9

To notice problems or danger before other people do

Compounds

trouble spot
9 3.7

A place where problems or fighting happen often

How Troublesome

to go out of one's way
  • Informal
53 3.5
to trouble
38 3.5
to exert
33 4.1
to bother
∞ 2.4

Surface Forms

trouble infinitive
troubled past
troubled past participle
troubling present participle
troubles third person singular

Etymology

Trouble as a verb meaning 'to bother' comes from the idea of 'disturbing' yourself, from Latin turbare 'to disturb'. So to 'trouble' to do something is to disturb your calm and take the small bother or effort to do it.