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/trˈəbəlɪŋ/ /trˈəblɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Trouble v. t. (past & past part. troubled; pres. part. troubling)

To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate. "An angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water." "God looking forth will trouble all his host."

To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex. "Now is my soul troubled." "Take the boy to you; he so troubles me 'T is past enduring." "Never trouble yourself about those faults which age will cure."

To give occasion for labor to; used in polite phraseology; as, I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.

Synonyms: To disturb; perplex; afflict; distress; grieve; harass; annoy; tease; vex; molest.

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Etymology of 'Troubling'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... forgotten that I received a note from Major Milroy's mother (after she had engaged me as governess) on Monday last. It was dated and signed; and here it is, as far as the first page: 'June 23d, 1851. Dear Madam—Pray excuse my troubling you, before you go to Thorpe Ambrose, with a word more about the habits observed in my son's household. When I had the pleasure of seeing you at two o'clock to-day, in Kingsdown Crescent, I had another appointment in a ...

— Armadale • Wilkie Collins

... most absolutely certain method of getting out of herself was to court the society of children. So she shut herself in the nursery with the two small boys, who took eery advantage of the unexpected treat without troubling their heads as to how it ...

— The Love Affairs of Pixie • Mrs George de Horne Vaizey

... respecting the aborigines of this continent, I am almost ashamed to inform you, I have scarcely any particulars on the subject worth troubling you with. Ever since my arrival in America, I have made up my mind to take the first opportunity of going to the westward on a shooting party, for a month or two, among the Indians; for which purpose I procured ...

— Travels in the United States of America • William Priest

... the other; "but I fear I've reversed the order of things, and I owe you much apology for troubling you on business at such an hour; but it is on business that I ...

— The Warden • Anthony Trollope

... whom he had offended, and therefore promised that night to ask pardon of God in his prayers. He kept his word, and not only forbore troubling Samuel for several weeks afterwards, but endeavoured to dissuade all his ...

— The Looking-Glass for the Mind - or Intellectual Mirror • M. Berquin

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