Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to trouble
Participle: troubled
Gerund: troubling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | trouble |
| you | trouble |
| he;she;it | troubles |
| we | trouble |
| you | trouble |
| they | trouble |
Perfect
| I | have troubled |
| you | have troubled |
| he;she;it | has troubled |
| we | have troubled |
| you | have troubled |
| they | have troubled |
Past
| I | troubled |
| you | troubled |
| he;she;it | troubled |
| we | troubled |
| you | troubled |
| they | troubled |
Pluperfect
| I | had troubled |
| you | had troubled |
| he;she;it | had troubled |
| we | had troubled |
| you | had troubled |
| they | had troubled |
Future
| I | will trouble |
| you | will trouble |
| he;she;it | will trouble |
| we | will trouble |
| you | will trouble |
| they | will trouble |
Future Perfect
| I | will have troubled |
| you | will have troubled |
| he;she;it | will have troubled |
| we | will have troubled |
| you | will have troubled |
| they | will have troubled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | trouble |
| you | trouble |
| he;she;it | trouble |
| we | trouble |
| you | trouble |
| they | trouble |
Perfect
| I | have troubled |
| you | have troubled |
| he;she;it | have troubled |
| we | have troubled |
| you | have troubled |
| they | have troubled |
Imperfect
| I | troubled |
| you | troubled |
| he;she;it | troubled |
| we | troubled |
| you | troubled |
| they | troubled |
Pluperfect
| I | had troubled |
| you | had troubled |
| he;she;it | had troubled |
| we | had troubled |
| you | had troubled |
| they | had troubled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would trouble |
| you | would trouble |
| he;she;it | would trouble |
| we | would trouble |
| you | would trouble |
| they | would trouble |
Perfect
| I | would have troubled |
| you | would have troubled |
| he;she;it | would have troubled |
| we | would have troubled |
| you | would have troubled |
| they | would have troubled |
Imperative
| you | trouble |
| we | Let's trouble |
| you | trouble |
Verbs conjugated like 'trouble'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'trouble'
troble,
double,
romble,
roule,
routle,
tousle,
touzle,
tramble,
treble,
tremble,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- inconvenience
- discommode, incommode
- distress
- annoy, bother, harass, harry, irk, irritate, pester, plague
Antonyms
- inconvenience
- benefit, help, assist, suit
- distress
- compose, console, gladden, elate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1225, from O.Fr.
trubler (11c.), metathesis of
turbler, from V.L.
*turbulare, from L.L.
turbidare "to trouble, make turbid," from L.
turbidus (see turbid). The noun is attested from c.1230;
troublesome is attested by 1548.
Troubled in ref. to waters, etc., is from 1388. A
trouble-shooter (1905) was originally one who works on telegraph or telephone lines.
The Troubles in ref. to times of violence and unrest in Ireland is attested from 1880, in ref. to the rebellion of 1641.
2. Verb is from Middle English troublen, trouble, borrowed from Old French troubler, trobler, trubler, metathetic variants of tourbler, torbler, turbler, from Vulgar Latin *turbulō, from Latin turbula (“disorderly group, a little crowd or people”), diminutive of turba (“stir; crowd”). The noun is from Middle English trouble, troble, from Old French troble, from the verb. See: Middle English '
troublen'.
Verbs referencing "trouble"
Ido trublar, Japanese
トラブる.
Sample Sentences
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[...] of restoration to life. One gentleman on board had a letter of introduction to me from a mutual friend in London. He sent it below with his card, on the morning of the head-wind; and I was long troubled with the idea that he might be up, and well, and a hundred times a day expecting me to call upon him in the saloon. I imagined him one of those cast-iron images—I will not call them men—who ask, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] — louder still: ‘That 's where you are going—with a fair wind,—all taut and trim, steering direct for Heaven in its glory, where there are no storms or foul weather, and where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest.’—Another walk: ‘That 's where you 're going to, my friends. That’s it. That’s the place. That’s the port. That’s the haven. It 's a blessed harbour—still water [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] goin ’ to rack, when I 'm gone Mas’r can't be spected to be a pryin ’ round everywhar, as I 've done, a keepin ’ up all the ends. The boys all means well, but they ’ s powerful car’less. That ar troubles me. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Now, it was a very unusual thing for gentle little Mrs. Bird ever to trouble her head with what was going on in the house of the state, very wisely considering that she had enough to do to mind her own. Mr. Bird, therefore, opened his eyes in surprise, and said,
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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We start at eight o’clock in the morning, in a great mail-coach, whose huge cheeks are so very ruddy and plethoric, that it appears to be troubled with a tendency of blood to the head. Dropsical it certainly is, for it will hold a dozen passengers inside. But, wonderful to add, it is very clean and bright, being nearly new; and rattles [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] on to take its fearful plunge; to linger in the shadow of the solemn rocks three miles below; watching the river as, stirred by no visible cause, it heaved and eddied and awoke the echoes, being troubled yet, far down beneath the surface, by its giant leap; to have Niagara before me, lighted by the sun and by the moon, red in the day 's decline, and grey as evening slowly fell upon it; to look upon [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ O, papa, do n't, ” said Eva, softly touching his elbow; “ it troubles mother. ” ~~~ “ Well, cousin, are you ready to go to meeting ? ” said Miss Ophelia, turning square about on St. Clare.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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CHAPTER XVIII CONCLUDING REMARKS THERE are many passages in this book, where I have been at some pains to resist the temptation of troubling my readers with my own deductions and conclusions: preferring that they should judge for themselves, from such premises as I have laid before them. My only object in the outset, was, to carry them [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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‘So much of my voice has lately been heard in the land, that I might have been contented with troubling you no further from my present standing-point, were it not a duty with which I henceforth charge myself, not only here but on every suitable occasion, whatsoever and wheresoever, to express my high [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ O, well, it may go for some time when he does, and don't get it. A few cuts never come amiss with Dodo,—he's a regular spirit, I can tell you; but I won't beat him again before you, if it troubles you. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)