'Troublesome' definitions:
Definition of 'troublesome'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Difficult to deal with; "a troublesome infection"; "a troublesome situation"
Definition of 'Troublesome'
From: GCIDE
- Troublesome \Trou"ble*some\, 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]
Synonyms of 'troublesome'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adverse,
- aggravating,
- alarming,
- annoying,
- antagonistic,
- arduous,
- awkward,
- backbreaking,
- besetting,
- bothering,
- bothersome,
- burdensome,
- chafing,
- choking,
- clumsy,
- conflicting,
- constrictive,
- contrary,
- counter,
- counteractive,
- counterproductive,
- crosswise,
- crushing,
- detrimental,
- difficult,
- discommodious,
- disquieting,
- distressful,
- distressing,
- disturbing,
- effortful,
- exasperating,
- forced,
- fretting,
- galling,
- grueling,
- harassing,
- hard,
- hard-earned,
- hard-fought,
- harmful,
- heavy,
- hefty,
- Herculean,
- hindering,
- hindersome,
- hostile,
- importunate,
- importune,
- in opposition,
- in the way,
- incommodious,
- inconvenient,
- infestive,
- inhibiting,
- inhibitive,
- inimical,
- interrupting,
- interruptive,
- irking,
- irksome,
- irritating,
- killing,
- labored,
- laborious,
- mean,
- miserable,
- not easy,
- obstructing,
- obstructive,
- obstruent,
- occlusive,
- onerous,
- operose,
- opposed,
- opposing,
- opposite,
- oppressive,
- painful,
- pesky,
- pestering,
- pestiferous,
- pestilent,
- pestilential,
- plaguesome,
- plaguey,
- plaguing,
- provoking,
- punishing,
- repressive,
- restrictive,
- rigorous,
- sinister,
- stifling,
- strained,
- strangling,
- strenuous,
- stressful,
- suppressive,
- teasing,
- tiresome,
- toilsome,
- tormenting,
- tough,
- troubling,
- troublous,
- trying,
- ugly,
- unfavorable,
- unhandy,
- untoward,
- unwieldy,
- uphill,
- upsetting,
- vexatious,
- vexing,
- wearisome,
- wicked,
- worrisome,
- worrying,
- wretched