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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
"I knew I was in trouble after one bite," he says.
“China’s current economic model is based on exporting its way out of troubles,” he added.
The attack was one of the deadliest in recent years in the troubled region, and it has shattered the lives of many.
Whatever it is, people really like it — and Instagram definitely isn’t paying anything for the artists’ trouble.
Where since the 1980s, Father John Moretta has counseled parishioners at Resurrection Church in Boyle Heights on the troubles that afflict their neighborhood.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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