Troublous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈtɹʌbləs/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Troublous is an adjective meaning (now archaic or literary) Troubled, confused.
Meaning
(now archaic or literary) Troubled, confused.
More Meanings
- (now archaic or literary) Causing trouble; troublesome, vexatious.
- (obsolete) Of a liquid: thick, muddy, full of sediment.
Example Sentences
The troublous Day has brawled itself to rest: no lives yet lost but that of one warhorse.
The whole waited, for didn't there hang behind this troublous foreground the vast vagueness which the English themselves spoke of as "abroad"?
By and by he fell into a troublous sleep—it seemed that he was going to be stoned, and then he was in battle, and then shipwrecked in the water–[…]
On thother side they saw the warlike Mayd / Al in her snow-white smocke, with locks unbowned, / Threatning the point of her avenging blaed; / That with so troublous terror they were all dismayd.
Synonyms for troublous
Depending on context, synonyms include troubled.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include troubled, muddy, turbid, drumly, grumly, roily.
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