Troubled
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈtɹʌbl̩d/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Troubled is an adjective meaning Anxious, worried, careworn.
Meaning
Anxious, worried, careworn.
More Meanings
- Afflicted by difficulties.
- simple past and past participle of trouble
Example Sentences
If you're southbound you shouldn't be troubled by any rain this morning.
The troubled Internet company announced another round of layoffs last week.
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.
Synonyms for troubled
Depending on context, synonyms include vexed, uneasy, fraught, harried, tumultuous, turbulent.
Antonyms for troubled
Common opposites include untroubled.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include distressed, worried, unquiet, anxious, upset, hagridden.
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