Trouble

Noun

 * 1) A distressful or dangerous situation.
 * 2) A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.
 * 3) A violent occurrence or event.
 * 4) Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required.
 * 5) A malfunction, as in "heart trouble".

Verb

 * 1) To bother; to annoy.

Adjectives for Trouble
wretched; associate; endless; unfortunate; personal; perpetual; disciplinary; monetary annoying; powerful; inflammatory; joyful intolerable; vague; obscure; major; noc turnal; infinite; lifelong; hesitant; poor; delicious; cruel; constant; garrulous; complex; distressing; pathetic; contagious; invincible; luxurious; measurable.

Verbs for Trouble
afflict with—; anticipate—; arrest—; attend with—; avert—; avoid—; bear—; bewail—; breed—; compensate for—; cure—; diagnose—; endure—; experience—; explore—; foment—; instigate—; lament—; localize—; minimize—; mourn—; pour out—s; probe—; remedy—; repay—; stir up—; undergo—; ward off—; —besets; —blasts; — blights;—crops up; —deranges; —harasses; —haunts; —irks; —irritates; —looms; — lurks; —manifests itself; —originates in; —piques; —preys upon; —rankles; —recurs; —ruffles; —rumples; —seethes; — simmers; —smites; —strikes; —waxes; — weighs upon; —wracks.

Adverbs for Trouble
impudently; perpetually; vaguely; obscurely; nocturnally; infinitely; distressingly; profoundly.

Thesaurus
problem, provoke, psych, pucker, put about, put out, put to inconvenience, put to it, put to trouble, puzzle, racket, rampage, rebellion, revolt, rigor, rile, riot, ripple, rock, roil, rough-and-tumble, roughen, roughhouse, row, rowel, ruckus, ruction, ruffle, rumple, rumpus, scramble, sea of troubles, shake, shake up, shindy, shock, sickness, skirmish, solicitude, sorrow, spook, stagger, stew, stir, stir up, strain, stress, stress of life, strife, suffering, suspense, swirl, take a liberty, take liberties, take pains, tasking, taxing, tension, thank, thorn, throw, throw into confusion, to-do, torment, tormenter, trial, tribulation, troubles, troublesomeness, try, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uneasiness, unhandiness, unpleasantness, unquietness, unrest, unsettle, unwarranted demand, unwieldiness, uprising, uproar, upset, vale of tears, vex, vexation, vexatiousness, vicissitude, waters of bitterness, weigh down, weight, weighting, while, whip, whip up, whisk, white elephant, woe, work up, worriment, worry, zeal, Dutch, abuse a privilege, ado, adverse circumstances, adversity, afflict, affliction, aggravate, aggravation, agitate, agitation, ail, ailment, alarm, all-overs, angst, anguish, annoy, annoyance, anxiety, anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, anxious bench, anxious concern, anxious seat, anxiousness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, awkwardness, bad news, be concerned, be the matter, beat, beat up, bedevilment, beset, besetment, bind, bitter cup, bitter draft, bitter draught, bitter pill, blight, bore, bother, botheration, bothersomeness, brawl, broil, brouhaha, bug, bummer, burden, burden of care, burdening, burthen, bustle, can of worms, cankerworm of care, care, cargo, charge, charging, churn, churn up, clumsiness, commotion, complaint, complicate matters, concern, concernment, convulse, crashing bore, cross, crown of thorns, cumbrance, curse, deadweight, defect, demand, destroy, devilment, difficulties, difficulty, disability, disaccommodate, disadvantage, disarrange, discombobulate, discomfit, discomfort, discommode, discommodity, discompose, disconcert, discord, discountenance, disease, disoblige, disorder, dispute, disquiet, disquietude, dissatisfaction, distract, distress, disturb, disturbance, dogging, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, downer, drag, dread, dustup, effort, elbow grease, electrify, embarrassment, embroil, embroilment, encroach upon, encumber, encumbrance, endeavor, energy, evil, exaction, exasperate, exasperation, excite, exertion, fear, ferment, fight, fighting, flurry, fluster, flutter, foofaraw, foreboding, forebodingness, fracas, frazzle, free-for-all, freight, freighting, fret, fuss, gall, gall and wormwood, give concern, great ado, grief, grievance, grieve, hamper, handicap, harass, harassment, hard knocks, hard life, hard lot, hard pull, hardcase, hardship, harm, harry, harrying, hassle, haunt, headache, heckler, hector, helter-skelter, hot water, hounding, hubbub, illness, impediment, impedimenta, impose, impose on, impose upon, imposing an onus, imposition, in a mess, in a pickle, in a predicament, in a scrape, in trouble, incommode, incommodity, inconsiderateness, inconvenience, inconveniency, inconvenientness, infliction, inquietude, intrude, irk, irritate, irritation, jar, jolt, laying on, load, load with care, loading, loading down, long pull, lumber, make free with, malaise, matter, melee, might and main, misgiving, molestation, muscle, nag, nerve and sinew, nervous strain, nervous tension, nervousness, nettle, nudnik, nuisance, obtrude upon, obtrusiveness, on the spot, onus, oppression, outbreak, overanxiety, overstep, pack, pack of troubles, paddle, pain, pains, peck of troubles, pell-mell, penalty, perplex, persecution, perturb, perturbate, perturbation, pest, pester, pins and needles, plague, plight, pother, predicament, pressure, presume on, presume upon, presumptuousness,

Etymology
Verb is from troblen: <  trobler: <  *undefined: <  turbula:, diminutive of turba:. The noun is from troble: <  troble:,

Derived terms

 * ask for trouble
 * distrouble
 * double trouble
 * engine trouble
 * get into trouble
 * in trouble
 * teething troubles
 * trouble and strife
 * troubled
 * trouble-free
 * troublemaker/trouble maker
 * troubler
 * The Troubles
 * troubleshoot
 * troubleshooter
 * troubleshooting
 * troublesome
 * trouble spot

Related terms

 * turbid
 * turbulent

Noun

 * Arabic: مشكلة
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 麻煩, 麻烦
 * Finnish: hankaluus, vaikeus
 * French: peine
 * German: Ärger
 * Hindi: तकलीफ़, कष्ट


 * Japanese: 揉め事, 厄介事
 * Polish: kłopoty
 * Russian: беда, злоключение, неприятность, горе
 * Scottish Gaelic: dragh, èiginn, buaireas, teanntachd,
 * Urdu: تکلیف, کشٹ


 * Finnish: hankaluus
 * Japanese: 心配事, 問題
 * Polish: kłopot, problem
 * Russian: затруднение, трудность


 * Scottish Gaelic: duilgheadas, èiginn, teanntachd,
 * Walloon: rujhe


 * Finnish: vaiva, vaivannäkö
 * Japanese: 厄介, 骨折り
 * Polish: trud


 * Russian: труд, усилие, заботы, хлопоты


 * Finnish: häiriö
 * German: Störung
 * Japanese: 障害, 問題


 * Russian: неполадки
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Walloon: mehin


 * Finnish: levottomuus, selkkaus
 * Japanese: 揉め事, 厄介事


 * Russian: беда
 * Scottish Gaelic: buaireas

Verb

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 麻煩, 麻烦, 騷攪, 骚搅
 * Filipino: ,
 * Finnish: vaivata
 * French: troubler, déranger
 * German: beunruhigen, belästigen, bekümmern
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 手数を掛ける, 面倒を掛ける


 * Polish: przeszkadzać, dokuczać, niepokoić
 * Russian: беспокоить, побеспокоить , обеспокоить ; тревожить , потревожить , встревожить ; волновать , взволновать
 * Scottish Gaelic:, cuir dragh air
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili: vurugu, gaya
 * Tagalog: istorbo, pahirapan

Noun

 * 1) trouble