Trouble-monger
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Trouble-monger is a noun meaning A troublemaker.
Meaning
A troublemaker.
Example Sentences
Lace said that Peter was not half so bad as people said, and certainly not a trouble-monger like that Yeller Elbert.
Fourth most important factor was inability on the part of University authorities to take disciplinary action against the trouble-mongers. It may be mentioned here that some trouble-mongers are not University students.
If the Queen had stood for any novel or fantastic imperial claims, the whole would have seemed a nightmare; the whole was successful because she stood, and no one could deny that she stood, for the humblest, the shortest and the most indestructible of human gospels, that when all troubles and troublemongers have had their say, our work can be done till sunset, our life can be lived till death.
Word Forms
- trouble-mongers
- troublemonger
Related Words
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