troublesome
Syllables: trou·ble·some/ˈtɹʌbəlsəm/
troublesome adjective: causing trouble or anxiety.
Adjective
troublesome (comparative more troublesome, superlative most troublesome)
- Causing trouble or anxiety.
- The computer has been very troublesome for me. It never works when I need to use it.
- As was the case with the "Merchant Navy" locomotives, some of these features have proved troublesome, and this in turn at times has reflected on performance as well as on maintenance.1957 October, “Modification of "West Country" Class Pacific”, in Railway Magazine, page 727
- Synonyms:
- vexatious, burdensome, wearisome
troublesome meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
troublesome in Hindi
- troublesome, painful, oppressive
- जनार्दन janārdan
- a troublesome or distressing affair
- अज़ाब azāb
troublesome in Tamil
- இடர்விளைக்கின்ற, தொல்லைதருகிற
troublesome in Marathi
- troublesome, concerning, onerous
- त्रासदायक trāsdāyak
- troublesome
- बिकट bikaṭ
troublesome in Urdu
- آزاردہ, آزار رساں, تکلیف دہ
More languagesFewer languages
- troublesome in Bengali
- বেকায়দা bekaẏoda, যন্ত্রণাদায়ক jontronadaẏok
- troublesome in Malayalam
- ശല്യപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന, ഉപദ്രവകരമായ, അലട്ടുന്ന, ബാധക
- troublesome in Kannada
- ತೊಂದರೆ ಉಂಟುಮಾಡುವ, ತೊಂದರೆ ಕೊಡುವ, ಕಾಡುವ, ಕೀಟಲೆ ಮಾಡುವ
- troublesome in Odia
- ଅସୁବିଧାଜନକ
- troublesome in Malay
- susah, menyusahkan
Examples of troublesome in a sentence
- The judge in the parable granted the widow's suit merely because she lay upon him, and was troublesome to him.
- Warning: Fangalicious man-on-man action, a troublesome twink, a cross-dressing vampiress, and role-playing involving a fedora.
- Excellent, both in quantity and quality, but stomach is a bit troublesome.
Synonyms of troublesome
Antonyms
Forms of troublesome
| comparative | more troublesome |
|---|---|
| superlative | most troublesome |
Origin of troublesome
From trouble + -some.
Words formed from troublesome
Words that rhyme with troublesome
Questions about troublesome
- What does troublesome mean?
- Troublesome means causing trouble or anxiety.
- What is troublesome in Hindi?
- Troublesome in Hindi is जनार्दन (janārdan), अज़ाब (azāb). See Troublesome meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is troublesome?
- Troublesome is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce troublesome?
- Troublesome is pronounced /ˈtɹʌbəlsəm/.
Words near troublesome in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: troublesome (page history and authors); अज़ाब (Hindi) (page history and authors); troublesome (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); त्रासदायक (Marathi) (page history and authors); troublesome (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); বেকায়দা (Bengali) (page history and authors); troublesome (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); troublesome (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); troublesome (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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