English adjective: troubled | |||
1. | troubled characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need | ||
Samples | Troubled areas. Fell into a troubled sleep. A troubled expression. Troubled teenagers. | ||
Similar | annoyed, anxious, buffeted, care-laden, careful, clouded, disquieted, distressed, distressed, distressed, disturbed, fraught, hag-ridden, hagridden, harassed, hard put, hard-pressed, harried, haunted, heavy-laden, in a bad way, mothy, nervous, pestered, queasy, storm-tossed, stressed, struggling, suffering, tempest-swept, tempest-tossed, tempest-tost, tormented, troublous, uneasy, unquiet, upset, vexed, worried | ||
See also | concerned, unquiet | ||
Antonyms | untroubled | ||
2. | troubled characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination | ||
Samples | Effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive. Riotous times. These troubled areas. The tumultuous years of his administration. A turbulent and unruly childhood. | ||
Synonyms | disruptive, riotous, tumultuous, turbulent | ||
Similar | unquiet | ||
Antonyms | quiet | ||