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trouble
noun
1
a distress, worry or concern;
b a cause of this.
2 bother or effort, or a cause of this go to a lot of trouble The dog was no trouble .
3 a problem or difficulty Your trouble is that you're too generous .
4 a (usu troubles) public disturbances and unrest;
b (the Troubles) a term used to describe the periods of civil war and unrest from 1919 to 1923 and 1969 to 1998 in Northern Ireland.
5 a illness or weakness heart trouble ;
b malfunction; failure engine trouble .
verb (troubled , troubling )
1 to cause distress, worry, concern, anger, sadness, etc to What's troubling you?
2 to cause physical distress or discomfort to His weak knee always troubled him .
3 used especially in polite requests: to put someone to the inconvenience of (doing, saying, etc something) Could I trouble you to open the window a little?
4 intr to make any effort or take pains He didn't even trouble to tell me what had happened .
5 to disturb or agitate (eg the surface of water).
[13c: from French trubler , from Latin turbidus full of confusion, disturbed]
be asking for trouble colloq to behave in a way likely to bring problems or difficulties.
in trouble in difficulties, especially because of doing something wrong or illegal.
look for trouble to actively and aggressively seek out an argument or fight.
take trouble or take the trouble to make an effort (to do something, especially to do it well).
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