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English Dictionary: Trouble by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trouble
n
  1. a source of difficulty; "one trouble after another delayed the job"; "what's the problem?"
    Synonym(s): trouble, problem
  2. an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"
    Synonym(s): fuss, trouble, bother, hassle
  3. an event causing distress or pain; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble"
  4. 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"
    Synonym(s): trouble, difficulty
  5. a strong feeling of anxiety; "his worry over the prospect of being fired"; "it is not work but worry that kills"; "he wanted to die and end his troubles"
    Synonym(s): worry, trouble
  6. an unwanted pregnancy; "he got several girls in trouble"
v
  1. move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
    Synonym(s): disturb, upset, trouble
  2. to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..."
    Synonym(s): trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother
  3. 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"
    Synonym(s): perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder
  4. take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please"
    Synonym(s): trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneself
  5. cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
    Synonym(s): trouble, ail, pain
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Trouble \Trou"ble\, n. [F. trouble, OF. troble, truble. See
      {Trouble}, v. t.]
      1. The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation;
            uneasiness; vexation; calamity.
  
                     Lest the fiend . . . some new trouble raise.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     Foul whisperings are abroad; unnatural deeds Do
                     breed unnatural troubles.                  --Shak.
  
      2. That which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation; that
            which afflicts.
  
      3. (Mining) A fault or interruption in a stratum.
  
      {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.
  
                     She never took the trouble to close them. --Bryant.
  
      Syn: Affliction; disturbance; perplexity; annoyance;
               molestation; vexation; inconvenience; calamity;
               misfortune; adversity; embarrassment; anxiety; sorrow;
               misery.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Trouble \Trou"ble\, 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. [?], and perhaps to E. thorp; cf.
      Skr. tvar, tur,o hasten. Cf. {Turbid}.]
      1. To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.
  
                     An angel went down at a certain season into the
                     pool, and troubled the water.            --John v. 4.
  
                     God looking forth will trouble all his host.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to
            grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex.
  
                     Now is my soul troubled.                     --John xii.
                                                                              27.
  
                     Take the boy to you; he so troubles me 'T is past
                     enduring.                                          --Shak.
  
                     Never trouble yourself about those faults which age
                     will cure.                                          --Locke.
  
      3. To give occasion for labor to; -- used in polite
            phraseology; as, I will not trouble you to deliver the
            letter.
  
      Syn: To disturb; perplex; afflict; distress; grieve; harass;
               annoy; tease; vex; molest.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Trouble \Trou"ble\, a.
      Troubled; dark; gloomy. [Obs.] [bd]With full trouble
      cheer.[b8] --Chaucer.
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