troubling Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb move deeply
disturb; upset; trouble.
- This book upset me
- A troubling thought
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verb to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
disoblige; bother; inconvenience; incommode; discommode; trouble; put out.
- Sorry to trouble you, but...
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verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
perturb; disquiet; distract; cark; trouble; disorder; unhinge.
- She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
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verb take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
bother; inconvenience oneself; trouble; trouble oneself.
- He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday
- Don't bother, please
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verb cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
ail; trouble; pain.
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adjective satellite causing distress or worry or anxiety
distressing; distressful; perturbing; disturbing; worrying; worrisome.
- 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
