troubling Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb move deeply
    disturb; upset; trouble.
    • This book upset me
    • A troubling thought
  2. verb to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
    disoblige; bother; inconvenience; incommode; discommode; trouble; put out.
    • Sorry to trouble you, but...
  3. verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
    perturb; disquiet; distract; cark; trouble; disorder; unhinge.
    • She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
  4. verb take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
    bother; inconvenience oneself; trouble; trouble oneself.
    • He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday
    • Don't bother, please
  5. verb cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
    ail; trouble; pain.
  6. adjective satellite causing distress or worry or anxiety
    distressing; distressful; perturbing; disturbing; worrying; worrisome.
    • distressing (or disturbing) news
    • lived in heroic if something distressful isolation
    • a disturbing amount of crime
    • a revelation that was most perturbing
    • a new and troubling thought
    • in a particularly worrisome predicament
    • a worrying situation
    • a worrying time

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