trouble
noun
[ ˈtrʌb(ə)l ]
• difficulty or problems.
• "I had trouble finding somewhere to park"
Similar:
problems,
difficulty,
issues,
bother,
inconvenience,
worry,
anxiety,
distress,
concern,
disquiet,
unease,
irritation,
vexation,
annoyance,
stress,
agitation,
harassment,
unpleasantness,
hassle,
problem,
misfortune,
issue,
trial,
tribulation,
trauma,
adversity,
hardship,
burden,
pain,
suffering,
affliction,
torment,
woe,
grief,
unhappiness,
sadness,
heartache,
misery,
travails,
in difficulty,
in difficulties,
having problems,
in a mess,
in a bad way,
in a predicament,
in dire/desperate straits,
heading for disaster,
heading for the rocks,
in shtook,
in a tight corner/spot,
in a fix,
in a hole,
in hot water,
in a jam,
in a pickle,
in the soup,
screwed,
up against it,
up a gum tree,
in the shit,
in deep shit,
up shit creek,
• public unrest or disorder.
• "there was crowd trouble before and during the match"
Similar:
disturbance,
disorder,
unrest,
bother,
fighting,
scuffling,
conflict,
tumult,
commotion,
turbulence,
uproar,
ructions,
fracas,
rumpus,
brouhaha,
furore,
breach of the peace,
affray,
to-do,
hoo-ha,
hullabaloo,
kerfuffle,
trouble
verb
• cause distress or anxiety to.
• "he was not troubled by doubts"
Similar:
worry,
bother,
cause concern to,
concern,
disturb,
upset,
make anxious,
make uncomfortable,
make uneasy,
agitate,
distress,
grieve,
alarm,
perturb,
annoy,
irritate,
vex,
irk,
torment,
plague,
nag,
niggle,
gnaw at,
prey on someone's mind,
oppress,
weigh down,
burden,
afflict,
perplex,
puzzle,
bug,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French truble (noun), trubler (verb), based on Latin turbidus (see turbid).
