| NOUN | cognition | trouble, problem | a source of difficulty |
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| event | trouble, fuss, bother, hassle | an angry disturbance | |
| event | trouble | an event causing distress / distress or pain | |
| act | trouble, difficulty | an effort that is inconvenient | |
| feeling | trouble, worry | a strong feeling of anxiety | |
| state | trouble | an unwanted pregnancy | |
| VERB | emotion | trouble, disturb, upset | move deeply |
| social | trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother | to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | |
| emotion | trouble, perturb, unhinge, disquiet, cark, distract, disorder | disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed | |
| social | trouble, trouble oneself, bother, inconvenience oneself | take the trouble to do something | |
| body | trouble, ail, pain | cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed |
| Sounds | trah'bahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | A source of difficulty. | |
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| Example | "one trouble after another delayed the job" | |
| Synonym | problem | |
| Narrower | can of worms | A source of unpredictable trouble and complexity |
| deep water | serious trouble | |
| growing pains | problems that arise in enlarging an enterprise (especially in the early stages / stages) | |
| hydra | Trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality | |
| matter | A problem | |
| pressure point | Where problems or difficulties are likely to occur | |
| Broader | difficulty | A factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result |
| Spanish | problema | |
| Catalan | problema | |
| Adjectives | troublous | full of trouble |
| Verbs | trouble | to cause inconvenience or discomfort to |
| Meaning | An angry disturbance. | |
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| Example | "they had labor trouble" | |
| Synonyms | fuss, bother, hassle | |
| Broader | perturbation, disturbance | Activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption |
| Spanish | alboroto, escándalo, lata, lío, molestia, problema | |
| Catalan | lata, nosa | |
| Meaning | An event causing distress / distress or pain. | |
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| Narrower | affliction | A cause of great suffering and distress |
| convulsion | A physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval | |
| embarrassment | Some event that causes someone to be embarrassed | |
| hell, blaze | A cause of difficulty and suffering | |
| misfortune, bad luck | unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate / unfortunate event | |
| noise, interference, disturbance | electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication | |
| onslaught | A sudden and severe onset of trouble | |
| scandal, outrage | A disgraceful event | |
| Broader | happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event | An event that happens |
| Spanish | contrariedad, dificultad, problema | |
| Catalan | contrarietat, dificultat, problema | |
| Adjectives | troublous | full of trouble |
| Verbs | trouble | cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed |
| trouble | disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed | |
| trouble | move deeply | |
| Meaning | An effort that is inconvenient. | |
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| Examples |
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| Synonym | difficulty | |
| Narrower | the devil | Something difficult or awkward to do or deal with |
| tsuris | (Yiddish) aggravating trouble | |
| Broader | effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweat | Use of physical or mental energy |
| Spanish | dificultad, problema | |
| Catalan | dificultat | |
| Verbs | trouble | take the trouble to do something |
| Meaning | A strong feeling of anxiety. | |
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| Example | "he wanted to die and end his troubles" | |
| Synonym | worry | |
| Broader | anxiety | A vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune |
| Spanish | aflicción, cuita, inquietud, preocupación, problema, tribulación, zozobra | |
| Catalan | aflicció, preocupació, problema, tribulació | |
| Verbs | trouble | disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed |
| trouble | move deeply | |
| Meaning | An unwanted pregnancy. | |
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| Example | "he got several girls in trouble" | |
| Broader | pregnancy, gestation, maternity | The state of being pregnant |
| Spanish | problema | |
| Meaning | Move deeply. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will trouble him | |
| Synonyms | disturb, upset | |
| Narrower | agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up | Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused |
| distress | Cause mental pain to | |
| jolt | disturb (someone's) composure | |
| perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder | disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed | |
| Broader | affect, impress, move, strike | Have an emotional or cognitive impact / impact upon |
| Spanish | abrumar, afligir, alterar, descomponer, incomodar, molestar, perturbar | |
| Catalan | afligir, alterar, amoïnar, descompondre, incomodar, molestar, pertorbar, sollevar | |
| Nouns | trouble | an event causing distress / distress or pain |
| trouble | a strong feeling of anxiety | |
| Meaning | To cause inconvenience or discomfort to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "Sorry to trouble you, but..." | |
| Synonyms | put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother | |
| Narrower | straiten, distress | Bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship |
| Broader | affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch | Have an effect upon |
| Spanish | fastidiar, molestar | |
| Catalan | amoïnar, fastidiar, molestar | |
| Nouns | trouble | a source of difficulty |
| Meaning | disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will trouble him | |
| Synonyms | perturb, unhinge, disquiet, cark, distract, disorder | |
| Narrower | worry, vex | disturb the peace of mind of |
| Broader | disturb, upset, trouble | Move deeply |
| Spanish | distraer, inquietar, intranquilizar, molestar, perturbar, trastornar | |
| Catalan | distreure, inquietar, intranquil·litzar, molestar, pertorbar | |
| Nouns | trouble | an event causing distress / distress or pain |
| trouble | a strong feeling of anxiety | |
| Meaning | Take the trouble to do something; concern oneself. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | |
| Example | "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday" | |
| Synonyms | trouble oneself, bother, inconvenience oneself | |
| Broader | strive, reach, strain | To exert much effort or energy |
| Spanish | molestarse | |
| Nouns | trouble | an effort that is inconvenient |
| Meaning | Cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | ail, pain | |
| Narrower | erupt, recrudesce, break out | Become raw or open |
| Broader | hurt | Give trouble or pain to |
| Spanish | afligir | |
| Catalan | afligir, fer mal | |
| Nouns | trouble | an event causing distress / distress or pain |
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