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troublesome

Pronunciation:  'trubulsum

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 Definition: [adj]  difficult to deal with; "a troublesome infection"; "a troublesome situation"
 
 Synonyms: difficult, hard
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Trou"ble*some\, a.
Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome.

      This troublesome world.                  --Book of
                                               Common Prayer.

      These troublesome disguises that we wear. --Milton.

      My mother will never be troublesome to me. --Pope.

Syn: Uneasy; vexatious; perplexing; harassing; annoying;
     disgusting; irksome; afflictive; burdensome; tiresome;
     wearisome; importunate. -- {Trou"ble*some*ly}, adv. --
     {Trou"ble*some*ness}, n.

 

 

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