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troubled

  • adjective
  • /ˈtɹʌbl̩d/

Anxious, worried, careworn.

Other meanings

  1. Afflicted by difficulties.

    “The troubled Internet company announced another round of layoffs last week.”

Related words

  • distroubled
  • nontroubled
  • overtroubled
  • troubledly
  • troubledness
  • untroubled
  • troubled waters
  • cast oil on troubled waters
  • fish in troubled waters
  • pour oil on troubled waters
  • troubled asset
  • bridge over troubled waters

Example sentences

  • “We're troubled by this.”

    Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “troubled” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.