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a. Causing trouble; troublesome. [ Obs. ] “troublable ire.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. trouble, OF. troble, truble. See Trouble, v. t. ] 1. The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation; uneasiness; vexation; calamity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest the fiend . . . some new trouble raise. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Foul whisperings are abroad; unnatural deeds
Do breed unnatural troubles. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation; that which afflicts. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mining) A fault or interruption in a stratum. [ 1913 Webster ]

To get into trouble, to get into difficulty or danger. [ Colloq. ] --
To take the trouble, to be at the pains; to exert one's self; to give one's self inconvenience. [ 1913 Webster ] She never took the trouble to close them. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Affliction; disturbance; perplexity; annoyance; molestation; vexation; inconvenience; calamity; misfortune; adversity; embarrassment; anxiety; sorrow; misery. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Troubled p. pr. & vb. n. Troubling. ] [ F. troubler, OF. trobler, trubler, tourbler, fr. (assumed) LL. turbulare, L. turbare to disorderly group, a little crowd; both from turba a disorder, tumult, crowd; akin to Gr. &unr_;, and perhaps to E. thorp; cf. Skr. tvar, tur, o hasten. Cf. Turbid. ] 1. To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate. [ 1913 Webster ]

An angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water. John v. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

God looking forth will trouble all his host. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now is my soul troubled. John xii. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

Take the boy to you; he so troubles me
'T is past enduring. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Never trouble yourself about those faults which age will cure. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To give occasion for labor to; -- used in polite phraseology; as, I will not trouble you to deliver the letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To disturb; perplex; afflict; distress; grieve; harass; annoy; tease; vex; molest. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Troubled; dark; gloomy. [ Obs. ] “With full trouble cheer.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rich troublers of the world's repose. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome. [ 1913 Webster ]

This troublesome world. Book of Common Prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]

These troublesome disguises that we wear. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

My mother will never be troublesome to me. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Uneasy; vexatious; perplexing; harassing; annoying; disgusting; irksome; afflictive; burdensome; tiresome; wearisome; importunate. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Trou"ble*some*ly, adv. -- Trou"ble*some*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of trouble; causing trouble. “In doubtful time of troublous need.” Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

A tall ship tossed in troublous seas. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Trous-de-loup [ F. trou hole + de of + loup wolf. ] (Mil.) A pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid, constructed as an obstacle to the approach of an enemy, and having a pointed stake in the middle. The pits are called also trapholes. [ 1913 Webster ]