English noun: trouble | |||
1. | trouble (cognition) a source of difficulty | ||
Samples | One trouble after another delayed the job. What's the problem?. | ||
Synonyms | problem | ||
Broader (hypernym) | difficulty | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | can of worms, deep water, growing pains, hydra, matter, pressure point | ||
2. | trouble (event) an angry disturbance | ||
Samples | He didn't want to make a fuss. They had labor trouble. A spot of bother. | ||
Synonyms | bother, fuss, hassle | ||
Broader (hypernym) | disturbance, perturbation | ||
3. | trouble (event) an event causing distress or pain | ||
Samples | What is the trouble?. Heart trouble. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | affliction, bad luck, blaze, convulsion, disturbance, embarrassment, hell, interference, misfortune, noise, onslaught, outrage, scandal | ||
4. | trouble (act) an effort that is inconvenient | ||
Samples | I went to a lot of trouble. He won without any trouble. Had difficulty walking. Finished the test only with great difficulty. | ||
Synonyms | difficulty | ||
Broader (hypernym) | effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat, travail | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | the devil, tsuris | ||
5. | trouble (feeling) a strong feeling of anxiety | ||
Samples | His worry over the prospect of being fired. It is not work but worry that kills. He wanted to die and end his troubles. | ||
Synonyms | worry | ||
Broader (hypernym) | anxiety | ||
6. | trouble (state) an unwanted pregnancy | ||
Samples | He got several girls in trouble. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | gestation, maternity, pregnancy | ||
English verb: trouble | |||
1. | trouble (emotion) move deeply | ||
Samples | This book upset me. A troubling thought. | ||
Examples | The bad news will trouble him | ||
Synonyms | disturb, upset | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | affect, impress, move, strike | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | agitate, cark, charge, charge up, commove, disorder, disquiet, distract, distress, excite, jolt, perturb, rouse, trouble, turn on, unhinge | ||
2. | trouble (social) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | ||
Samples | Sorry to trouble you, but.... | ||
Synonyms | bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | distress, straiten | ||
3. | trouble (emotion) disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed | ||
Samples | She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill. | ||
Examples | The bad news will trouble him | ||
Synonyms | cark, disorder, disquiet, distract, perturb, unhinge | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | disturb, trouble, upset | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | vex, worry | ||
4. | trouble (social) take the trouble to do something; concern oneself | ||
Samples | He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday. Don't bother, please. | ||
Synonyms | bother, inconvenience oneself, trouble oneself | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | reach, strain, strive | ||
5. | trouble (body) cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed | ||
Synonyms | ail, pain | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hurt | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | break out, erupt, recrudesce | ||