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      trouble
      noun
      A distressing or dangerous situation.
      A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.
      The state of being troubled, disturbed, or distressed mentally; unease, disquiet.
      Objectionable feature of something or someone; problem, drawback, weakness, failing, or shortcoming.
      Violent or turbulent occurrence or event; unrest, disturbance.
      A person liable to place others or themselves in such a situation.
      Difficulty in doing something.
      Health problems, ailment, generally of some particular part of the body.
      A malfunction.
      Liability to punishment; conflict with authority.
      Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required.
      (mining) A fault or interruption in a stratum.
      (Cockney rhyming slang) Wife. Clipping of trouble and strife.
      (slang, dated) An unplanned, unwanted or undesired pregnancy.
      verb
      (transitive) To mentally distress; to cause (someone) to be anxious or perplexed.
      (transitive) In weaker sense: to bother or inconvenience.
      (transitive, of ailments, etc.) To physically afflict.
      (intransitive) To worry; to be anxious.
      (reflexive or intransitive) To take pains (to do something); to bother.
      (transitive, now rare) To disturb, stir up, agitate (a medium, especially water).
      Roots
      turbidustroubl- · Latin · confused, disordered-e-e · Old French · noun/verb marker
      Synonyms for trouble
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      Words related to trouble
      troublerncarkvtroublemakingtroublousadjtroublesomeadjtroublespotmessingvdifficultlyadvdyslaliaannoyancesncomplicationnproblematicadjheadachesnquandaryndiscomposuren

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