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Definition of Troubled
1. Adjective. Characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need. "Troubled teenagers"
Similar to: Annoyed, Harassed, Harried, Pestered, Vexed, Anxious, Nervous, Queasy, Uneasy, Unquiet, Buffeted, Storm-tossed, Tempest-swept, Tempest-tossed, Tempest-tost, Careful, Care-laden, Heavy-laden, Clouded, Disquieted, Distressed, Disturbed, Upset, Worried, Distressed, Hard Put, Hard-pressed, In A Bad Way, Fraught, Hag-ridden, Hagridden, Tormented, Haunted, Mothy, Distressed, Stressed, Struggling, Suffering, Troublous
Antonyms: Untroubled
2. Adjective. Characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination. "A turbulent and unruly childhood"
Similar to: Unquiet
Derivative terms: Disrupt, Riot, Tumult, Tumultuousness, Turbulence
Definition of Troubled
1. Adjective. anxious, worried, careworn ¹
2. Verb. (past of ''trouble'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Troubled
1. trouble [v] - See also: trouble
Lexicographical Neighbors of Troubled
Literary usage of Troubled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... an<J nothing troubled me at my parting from the ifland, but that they were
not come back, that I might have put them in ..."
2. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes by Robert Burton (1800)
"... but troubled in conscience for five year last past; she is almost mad, and
not able to resist, thinks she hath offended God, and is certainly damned. ..."
3. A Spiritual Treasury for the Children of God: Consisting of a Meditation for by William Mason (1803)
"When thoughts arise in your mind, and your poor hearts are troubled. with finding
... Thus is the troubled heart comforted. This is our sweetest privilege. ..."
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