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tsuris

tsuris

2 9.9
A lot of worry and trouble that make life hard
  • noun
  • /ˈtsuːrɪs/
  • US
translation icon : tsuris
  • Causing so much tsuris that it's just sad and meshugenah.

Examples

  • -I don't need this tsuris in my life.

    A Mighty Wind (2003)

  • Sounds to me, my friend, like you got some tsuris.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Let's go give those guys some tsuris.

    Anger Management (2003)

  • We don't need this kind of tsuris.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Nobody wants the sequester to occur; nobody wants the tsuris that will come from millions of people who've never had to check for AMT now being liable.

    Blog text (8)

  • I don't need this tsuris in my life.

  • We don't need this kind of tsuris during the holidays.

  • Nobody gets through life without facing some tsuris along the way.

Synonyms

trouble
vstsuris
∞ 1.0

A situation that causes difficulty, worry, or inconvenience

is narrower stressing ongoing aggravation rather than any general difficulty
bother
vstsuris
29 2.1

A thing that causes trouble or annoyance

covers more serious, aggravating distress rather than mild annoyance
tsoris
vstsuris
  • Informal
9.9

Long personal problems that cause worry and pain

is similar but stresses aggravating difficulties and worries

Antonyms

relief
440 1.0

A feeling of comfort when pain or worry goes away

comfort
190 1.0

A feeling of physical ease and being free from pain

Idioms

to avoid tsuris
  • Slang
9.9

To stay away from trouble and things that cause worry

Compounds

a lot of tsuris
  • Informal
9.9

Many problems that cause worry and difficulty

How Serious

crisis
∞ 3.1
ordeal
137 4.8
tsuris
  • US
2 9.9
problem
∞ 1.2
nuisance
62 3.6

Surface Forms

tsuris singular
tsuris plural

Etymology

Tsuris comes from Yiddish and Hebrew, from a word like tsarah that means 'trouble' or 'sorrow'. So, when someone says they have tsuris, they mean the small but annoying worries or problems that make life difficult.