'Troubled' definitions:
Definition of 'troubled'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need; "troubled areas"; "fell into a troubled sleep"; "a troubled expression"; "troubled teenagers" [ant: untroubled]
adjective
Characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly childhood" [syn: disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent]
Definition of 'Troubled'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [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]
Synonyms of 'troubled'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abashed,
- afflicted,
- aggravated,
- agitated,
- all-overish,
- angry,
- annoyed,
- anxious,
- anxioused up,
- apprehensive,
- beset,
- bothered,
- browned-off,
- bugged,
- burnt-up,
- cast down,
- chafed,
- chagrined,
- chapfallen,
- concerned,
- confused,
- discomfited,
- discomforted,
- discomposed,
- disconcerted,
- disquieted,
- distracted,
- distrait,
- distressed,
- disturbed,
- embarrassed,
- exasperated,
- excited,
- fearful,
- feverish,
- fidgety,
- flurried,
- flustered,
- foreboding,
- galled,
- griped,
- harassed,
- hung up,
- ill at ease,
- in a pucker,
- in a stew,
- inconvenienced,
- irked,
- irritated,
- jittery,
- jumpy,
- miffed,
- misgiving,
- mortified,
- nervous,
- nervy,
- nettled,
- on tenterhooks,
- out of countenance,
- overanxious,
- overapprehensive,
- peeved,
- perturbed,
- piqued,
- plagued,
- provoked,
- put to it,
- put-out,
- put-upon,
- puzzled,
- resentful,
- restless,
- riled,
- roiled,
- ruffled,
- shaken,
- shaken up,
- solicitous,
- sore beset,
- stirred up,
- strained,
- suspenseful,
- tense,
- tormented,
- troublous,
- turbulent,
- uncomfortable,
- uneasy,
- unpeaceful,
- unquiet,
- unsettled,
- upset,
- vexed,
- worried,
- zealous