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Definition of Trouble maker
1. Noun. Someone who deliberately stirs up trouble.
Generic synonyms: Persona Non Grata, Unwelcome Person
Specialized synonyms: Agitator, Fomenter, Disturber, Badgerer, Heckler, Devil, Heller, Hellion, Hellhound, Firebrand, Inciter, Instigant, Instigator, Provoker, Blusterer, Loudmouth, Cut-up, Hoaxer, Practical Joker, Prankster, Tricker, Trickster, Rioter
Definition of Trouble maker
1. Noun. (proscribed) (alternative spelling of troublemaker) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trouble Maker
Literary usage of Trouble maker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Amanda; a Daughter of the Mennonites by Anna Balmer Myers (1921)
"CHAPTER XIII THE trouble maker IF " Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned " a
man spurned in love sometimes runs a close second. ..."
2. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1920)
"... in detecting the trouble-maker before he makes trouble (perhaps so guiding
him that he ceases to be even a potential trouble-maker), and in research as ..."
3. Labor and the Railroads by James Octavius Fagan (1909)
"But no treatise on Labor and Authority on the Railroad would be complete without
a glance at the professional trouble maker. He is now a recognized quantity ..."
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