v. 1 bother, upset, anguish, alarm, worry, afflict, agitate, disquiet, discomfit, make uncomfortable, grieve, perturb, discommode, inconvenience, discompose, discountenance, put out, burden, encumber, weigh down I don't mean to trouble you with my problems, but I have no one else to turn to 2 annoy, irritate, irk, vex, bother, plague, pester, torment, harass, hector, harry, provoke, nettle, exasperate, ruffle, Colloq get or grate on (someone's) nerves, give (someone) a hard time, get under (someone's) skin Vincent keeps troubling me for advice on starting a new business 3 discommode, incommode, impose on, inconvenience, put out, thank I'll trouble you to turn off the light when you leave the room 4 care, be concerned, take the trouble or the time, go to the trouble, bother, exert (oneself), concern (oneself), take pains He never troubled to find out if his family was safe
n. 5 distress, worry, concern, difficulty, discomfort, unpleasantness, inconvenience, vexation, grief, woe, affliction, disquiet, suffering, tribulation, anxiety, torment, anguish, strife Her trouble began when her ex-husband stopped paying for child support How can someone so insignificant cause so much trouble? 6 annoyance, bother, tormenter, irritation, nuisance, nag, heckler, pest, Slang US nudnik Ever since she lost her job, she's been a trouble to her family 7 disorder, agitation, row, disturbance, turbulence, tumult, upset, dissatisfaction, unrest, discord, dispute, turmoil, rebellion, revolt, uprising, outbreak, fighting, fight, skirmishing, skirmish The trouble began when workers refused to allow management to hire replacements 8 affliction, defect, disability, disease, ailment, illness, sickness, disorder, complaint With her trouble she ought to see a doctor 9 in trouble. a in deep trouble, in a mess, in a predicament, in dire straits, Colloq in a pickle, in hot water, on the spot, in a scrape, Slang Brit in shtook or shtuk or shtuck or schtuck, Taboo slang in deep shit, up shit creek (without (the vestige of) a paddle) They will be in terrible trouble if the bank forecloses on the mortgage b unmarried or unwed and impregnated or pregnant or with child or expecting or in a delicate condition or Colloq in a family way Most of the girls who are in trouble are teenagers