n. 25B6; noun
you've caused enough trouble already : PROBLEMS, difficulty, bother, inconvenience, worry, anxiety, distress, stress, agitation, harassment, unpleasantness; informal hassle.
she poured out all her troubles : PROBLEM, misfortune, difficulty, trial, tribulation, trauma, burden, pain, woe, grief, heartache, misery, affliction, suffering.
he's gone to a lot of trouble to help you : BOTHER, inconvenience, fuss, effort, exertion, work, labour; pains, care, attention, thought.
I wouldn't want to be a trouble to her : NUISANCE, bother, inconvenience, irritation, irritant, problem, trial, pest, thorn in someone's flesh/side; informal headache, pain, pain in the neck/backside, drag; N. Amer. informal pain in the butt, burr in/under someone's saddle, nudnik.
you're too gullible, that's your trouble : SHORTCOMING, weakness, weak point, failing, fault, imperfection, defect, blemish; problem, difficulty.
he had a history of heart trouble : DISEASE, illness, sickness, ailments, complaints, problems; disorder, disability.
the crash was due to engine trouble : MALFUNCTION, dysfunction, failure, breakdown.
a match marred by serious crowd trouble : DISTURBANCE, disorder, unrest, fighting, ructions, fracas, breach of the peace; Law, dated affray.
25B6; verb
this matter had been troubling her for some time : WORRY, bother, concern, disturb, upset, agitate, distress, perturb, annoy, irritate, vex, irk, nag, niggle, prey on someone's mind, weigh down, burden; informal bug.
he was troubled by bouts of ill health : AFFLICT, burden; suffer from, be cursed with; informal be a martyr to.
there is nothing you need trouble about : WORRY, upset oneself, fret, be anxious, be concerned, concern oneself.
don't trouble to see me out : BOTHER, take the trouble, go to the trouble, exert oneself, go out of one's way.
I'm sorry to trouble you : INCONVENIENCE, bother, impose on, disturb, put out, disoblige; informal hassle; formal discommode.
25A0; in trouble IN DIFFICULTY, in difficulties, in a mess, in a bad way, in a predicament; informal in a tight corner/spot, in a fix, in a hole, in hot water, in a pickle, in the soup, up against it; Brit. informal up a gum tree.