Meaning

A distressing or dangerous situation..

Definitions by Sense

1. A distressing or dangerous situation.
2. A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.
3. A person liable to place others or themselves in such a situation.
4. The state of being troubled, disturbed, or distressed mentally; unease, disquiet.
5. Objectionable feature of something or someone; problem, drawback, weakness, failing, or shortcoming.
6. Violent or turbulent occurrence or event; unrest, disturbance.
7. Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required.
8. Difficulty in doing something.

Example Sentences

He was in trouble when the rain started.

The trouble was a leaking brake line.

The bridge column magnified the trouble with a slight tilt in the wrong direction.

Lest the fiend […] some new trouble raise.

Foul whisperings are abroad; unnatural deeds / Do breed unnatural troubles.

’Cause I knew you were trouble when you walked in So shame on me no-ow

Yet oft when sundown skirts the moor ⁠An inner trouble I behold, ⁠A spectral doubt which makes me cold, That I shall be thy mate no more, […]

Your trouble is that you quit too readily.

Word Forms

• troubles
• troubling
• troubled

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When Should You Use Trouble?

Use trouble when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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