troublesome
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˈtrʌblsəm/
:
problemático
- The car's frequent breakdowns have become quite troublesome for the owner.
- a troublesome issue
- a troublesome problem
- a troublesome question
that can be a tremendously troublesome excavation process
- that can be a tremendously troublesome excavation process
- What is it about the change that is troublesome, disturbing, or challenging?
- So that could be troublesome for the prosecution.
- They were troublesome and I hated, hated them.
- That could lead us to being, you know, troublesome to other people, looking down on them.
- And the conditional evacuation was always going to be troublesome no matter which way you put it.
- But others say PSP, GameCube, or we were a bit more troublesome.
- So courage is valuable primarily in terms of helping us to deal with things that are troublesome or painful.
- If you have a troublesome time with your hair holding a curl, I find that this wand really works well at holding a curl anyway.
- So that was troublesome for both of us.
- Instances of violence followed and troublesome clergy were arrested.
- And she said, sister, I always I was told that you would be a troublesome young woman.
Examples
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Dealing with the paperwork for the application has been troublesome and time-consuming.
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How did this improbable solution to such a troublesome, complicated environmental problem arise?
Academic text (1999) -
So that was troublesome for both of us.
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And so it's particularly, you know, troublesome for older retired people like your mom.
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These are particularly troublesome in areas where the atmosphere is bad.
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Putting that kind of information out there is really troublesome.
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So that could be troublesome for the prosecution.
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This is troublesome, and sometimes this works, sometimes it doesn't.
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I terminated two troublesome employees.
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As mentioned, reports of the troublesome Afghanistan reconstruction projects were prevalent in the media.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
386
2.1
Hard to control or deal with, often not willing to help
256
3.0
Making you feel annoyed or disappointed because it stops you getting what you want
214
3.9
Difficult to do because it has hidden problems
154
4.0
Causing worry or distress
133
5.6
Hard to deal with and often not clear
80
2.9
Making someone feel annoyed or impatient
75
5.1
Very difficult to deal with or solve
72
4.1
Something that causes trouble and makes things difficult
59
3.6
Causing small but persistent trouble or annoyance
26
5.3
Causing you to feel very angry or annoyed
22
5.3
Very annoying and hard to bear
18
7.1
Causing a lot of extra work or worry
16
6.3
Full of problems that are hard to deal with or cause disagreement
16
3.3
Hard to remove or cure even after trying
14
3.5
Causing annoyance or trouble
12
6.2
Hard to control or deal with
6
7.4
Making you feel annoyed or bored
2
8.1
Hard to understand or deal with
1
8.1
Difficult to solve or understand, often about problems
1
8.7
Causing people to feel annoyed or frustrated
1
5.1
Fairly difficult and needing some skill or care to do
1
9.4
Something that makes people feel annoyed or causes small repeated problems
1
5.1
Hard to deal with and making people feel tired or annoyed
1
6.2
Making someone feel very worried or upset
1
9.9
Full of trouble and worry that make life difficult
Too difficult or expensive for someone to manage easily
Making people feel annoyed or troubled
Full of small problems and delays that slow progress
Antonyms
How Troublesome
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word troublesome comes from the common word trouble plus the ending -some, where trouble means 'to disturb' and -some means 'causing'. So something troublesome is 'causing' worry, difficulty, or annoyance, much like the similar word bothersome.