trouble
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(noun) an effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty" |
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Synonyms: difficulty |
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Related Words: effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat, travail |
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(verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to: "Sorry to trouble you, but..." |
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Synonyms: bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out |
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Related Words: affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on |
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(noun) a source of difficulty: "one trouble after another delayed the job"; "what's the problem?" |
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Synonyms: problem |
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Related Words: difficulty, matter |
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(noun) an event causing distress or pain; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble" |
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Related Words: affliction, bad luck, blaze, disturbance, embarrassment, happening, hell, interference, misfortune, natural event, noise, occurrence, onslaught, outrage, scandal |
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(noun) an unwanted pregnancy; "he got several girls in trouble" |
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Related Words: gestation, pregnancy |
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(noun) a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "in trouble with the police"; "he wanted to cure the ills of all mankind"; "she was the classic maiden in distress" |
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Synonyms: distress, ill |
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Related Words: adversity, anguish, hardship, throe |
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(verb) cause bodily suffering to |
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Synonyms: afflict, ail, pain |
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Related Words: break out, disagree with, erupt, hurt |
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(verb) take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please" |
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Synonyms: bother, inconvenience oneself, trouble oneself |
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Related Words: reach, strain, strive |
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(noun) an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" |
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Synonyms: bother, fuss, hassle |
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Related Words: disturbance, perturbation |
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(verb) move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" |
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Synonyms: disturb, upset |
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Related Words: affect, agitate, cark, charge, charge up, commove, disorder, disquiet, distract, distress, excite, impress, move, perturb, rouse, strike, trouble, unhinge |
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(noun) a strong feeling of anxiety; "his distress as the prospect of being fired"; "it is not work but worry that kills"; "he wanted to die and end his troubles" |
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Synonyms: distress, worry |
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Related Words: anxiety |
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(verb) disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" |
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Synonyms: cark, disorder, disquiet, distract, perturb, unhinge |
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Related Words: disturb, trouble, upset, worry |
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