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Troubling

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Adjective

1. distressful, distressing, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying

causing distress or worry or anxiety

Example Sentences:
'distressing (or disturbing) news'
'lived in heroic if something distressful isolation'
'a disturbing amount of crime'
'a revelation that was most perturbing'
'a new and troubling thought'
'in a particularly worrisome predicament'
'a worrying situation'
'a worrying time'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Troubling

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adjective
causing worry, anxiety or upset
the troubling aspects of today's society
The report raises three troubling questions about America's response to China's recent spying.
There are troubling signs in children's general health.
But most troubling of all was the simple fact that nobody knew what was going on.

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Troubling

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n.
1. A state of distress, affliction, difficulty, or need: tried to console them in their trouble; got in trouble with the police.
2. A distressing or difficult circumstance or situation: I've had troubles ever since I took this job.
3. A cause or source of distress, disturbance, or difficulty: The new recruits were a trouble to him.
4. Effort, especially when inconvenient or bothersome: went to a lot of trouble to find this book.
5. A condition of pain, disease, or malfunction: heart trouble; car trouble.
6.
a. Public unrest or disorder.
b. An instance of this; a disturbance.
c. Troubles Any of various conflicts or rebellions in Ireland or Northern Ireland, especially the period of social unrest in Northern Ireland beginning in 1969.
v. trou·bled, trou·bling, trou·bles
v.tr.
1. To afflict with pain or discomfort: My stomach is troubling me.
2.
a. To cause to be anxious or worried: was troubled by the decline in sales.
b. To cause to have emotional or mental problems that interfere with social functioning: a teenager who is troubled and needs help.
3. To inconvenience; bother: May I trouble you for directions?
4. To agitate; stir up: winds troubling the waters.
v.intr.
To take pains: They trouble over every detail.

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