What does troubled mean?
Troubled means Anxious, worried, careworn..
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/ˈtɹʌbl̩d/ · adjective
Anxious, worried, careworn..
Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen.
The troubled Internet company announced another round of layoffs last week.
If you're southbound you shouldn't be troubled by any rain this morning.
Use troubled when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Troubled means Anxious, worried, careworn..
Common synonyms include vexed, uneasy, fraught, harried.
Possible antonyms include untroubled.
Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen.
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