n.
Pronunciation: ' tr ə -b ə l
Function: verb
Inflected Form: trou · bled ; trou · bling \ ' tr ə -b( ə -)li ŋ \
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French trubler, from Vulgar Latin *turbulare, from *turbulus agitated, alteration of Latin turbulentus ― more at TURBULENT
Date: 13th century
transitive verb
1 a : to agitate mentally or spiritually : WORRY , DISTURB b (1) archaic : MISTREAT , OPPRESS (2) : to produce physical disorder in : AFFLICT < troubled by a cold> c : to put to exertion or inconvenience <I'm sorry to trouble you>
2 : to put into confused motion <the wind troubled the sea>
intransitive verb
1 : to become mentally agitated : WORRY <refused to trouble over trifles>
2 : to make an effort : be at pains <did not trouble to come>
– trou · bler \ -b( ə -)l ə r \ noun