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trouble
noun as in annoyance, worry
Strongest matches
anxiety, concern, danger, difficulty, dilemma, disorder, disturbance, inconvenience, mess, pain, predicament, problem, strain, stress, strife, struggle, suffering, unrest, woe
Strong matches
agitation, bind, bother, commotion, discontent, discord, disquiet, dissatisfaction, distress, grief, hang-up, heartache, hindrance, irritation, misfortune, nuisance, pest, pickle, puzzle, row, scrape, sorrow, spot, task, torment, tribulation, tumult, vexation
Weak matches
noun as in something requiring great effort
noun as in bad health
verb as in bother, worry
Strongest matches
afflict, agitate, annoy, burden, concern, disconcert, disturb, irk, irritate, perplex, perturb, plague, sadden, strain, torment, upset, vex
Strong matches
ail, bug, discommode, discompose, disoblige, disquiet, distress, fret, grieve, harass, harry, inconvenience, pain, pester, spook, stress, try
Weak matches
burn up, drive up the wall, flip out, get to, give a bad time, give a hard time, impose on, make a fuss, make a scene, make waves, psych, put out, stir up
verb as in make an effort
Strong match
Weak matches
be concerned with, go to the effort of, take pains, take the time
Example Sentences
Referencing his troubles in Sao Paulo, Hamilton said: "In the heat of the moment, for sure I'd much rather be on the beach and chilling and 'I don't need to do this'."
Erivo: I’m not saying anything because I don’t want to get into trouble.
Milhouse, named after former President Richard Milhous Nixon, often finds himself following his best friend, Bart, into trouble as a gullible sidekick.
Cher didn't get home until 4 a.m., getting in trouble for violating her curfew.
“And I think this show was trying to look directly at something as it was happening, or fairly close. And what we learned is, I have trouble processing. The show is a lot about that.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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