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troubled

/ˈtɹʌbl̩d/

troubled adjective: anxious, worried, careworn. Also the simple past and past participle of trouble.

Adjective

troubled (comparative more troubled, superlative most troubled)

  1. Anxious, worried, careworn.
    • Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn...1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans...
  2. Afflicted by difficulties.
    • The troubled Internet company announced another round of layoffs last week.
    • If you're southbound you shouldn't be troubled by any rain this morning.

Also used as

troubled is also the simple past and past participle of trouble.

troubled meaning in Hindi and Kannada

troubled in Hindi

worried, anxious
परेशान pareśān, त्रस्त trast, संतप्त santapt

troubled in Kannada

ತೊಂದರೆಗೀಡಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ

Examples of troubled in a sentence

  • You're working with troubled youth in your off time? That’s strong!
  • The software and tourism industries continue to grow, while the steel industry remains troubled.
  • The state of your energy field indicates that you are emotionally troubled.

All 40 example sentences with troubled

Forms of troubled

comparativemore troubled
superlativemost troubled

Words formed from troubled

Phrases with troubled

Questions about troubled

What does troubled mean?
Troubled means anxious, worried, careworn.
What is troubled in Hindi?
Troubled in Hindi is परेशान (pareśān), त्रस्त (trast), संतप्त (santapt). See Troubled meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is troubled?
Troubled is an adjective.
How do you pronounce troubled?
Troubled is pronounced /ˈtɹʌbl̩d/.

Words near troubled in the dictionary

  1. trouble-makers
  2. trouble-monger
  3. trouble-mongers
  4. troublecauser
  5. troublecausers
  6. troubled
  7. troubled asset
  8. troubled assets
  9. troubled waters
  10. troubledly
  11. troubledness

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