Dictionary Entry

trouble

trouble is a 7-letter English word with 18 senses as transitive verb, adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 18 senses

Definitions

1transitive verb
To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.
2transitive verb
To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex.
3transitive verb
To give occasion for labor to; -- used in polite phraseology; as, I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.
4adjective
Troubled; dark; gloomy.
5transitive verb
The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation; uneasiness; vexation; calamity.
6transitive verb
That which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation; that which afflicts.
7transitive verb
A fault or interruption in a stratum.
8noun
an effort that is inconvenient
"I went to a lot of trouble"
"he won without any trouble"
Synonyms
difficulty
9noun
a source of difficulty
"one trouble after another delayed the job"
"what's the problem?"
Synonyms
problem
10noun
an event causing distress or pain
"what is the trouble?"
"heart trouble"
11noun
an angry disturbance
"he didn't want to make a fuss"
"they had labor trouble"
Synonyms
bother fuss hassle
12noun
a strong feeling of anxiety
"his worry over the prospect of being fired"
"it is not work but worry that kills"
Synonyms
worry
13noun
an unwanted pregnancy
"he got several girls in trouble"
14verb
cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
Synonyms
ail pain
15verb
disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
"She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"
Synonyms
cark disorder disquiet distract perturb unhinge
16verb
move deeply
"This book upset me"
"A troubling thought"
Synonyms
disturb upset
17verb
take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
"He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"
"Don't bother, please"
Synonyms
bother
18verb
to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
"Sorry to trouble you, but..."
Synonyms
bother discommode disoblige incommode inconvenience

Synonyms

difficulty problem bother fuss hassle worry ail pain cark disorder disquiet distract perturb unhinge disturb upset discommode disoblige incommode inconvenience

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in trouble:

boulter

Common word forms

troubled troubler troubles troubling troublement

Words from these letters

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