troubled
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3.8
- adjective
- /ˈtrʌbld/
- We live in troubled times.
- troubled times
- a troubled region
- a troubled country
Examples
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The world has witnessed a lessening of tension in several troubled theaters in the recent past.
Academic text (1995) -
Sorting Hat urged us all to be brave and strong in these troubled times.
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These are the troubled times, my friend.
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What are you feeling through these troubled times?
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Send us peace from these troubled times.
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How can the United Nations ensure that it does not leave a troubled area too soon?
Academic text (1993) -
These are troubled times in Oz.
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I'd like to spend more time with him, but these are troubled days.
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Its students come from far more troubled and dangerous environments than they once did.
Academic text (1998) -
People are concerned about the future during these troubled times filled with uncertainty.
Synonyms
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6.6
Full of confusion and disorder among people, politics, or events
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7.5
It is full of loud, excited activity and confusion
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7.6
Facing serious problems and attacks from others
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9.9
Full of trouble and worry that make life difficult
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5.2
Something that makes it hard to sleep or relax
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
1
8.4
To try to gain from a difficult situation by using other people's confusion
- Informal
1
7.7
To say or do something to calm a tense situation between people
Compounds
How Troubled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Troubled shares the root turb- meaning 'to disturb' and is like the word turbulent, which means 'full of disturbance'. So a troubled place or time is 'stirred up' by unrest or disorder.