If something troubles you, it makes you feel rather worried. Is anything troubling you? He was troubled by the lifestyle of his son. + troubling trou·bling But most troubling of all was the simple fact that nobody knew what was going on
{i} problem, misfortune, annoyance; civil disturbance; cause of worry; exertion in accomplishing something
If there is trouble somewhere, especially in a public place, there is fighting or rioting there. Riot police are being deployed throughout the city to prevent any trouble the first victim of the troubles in Northern Ireland
A non-emergency condition indicating that the alarm system is inoperative or functioning at less than optimum capabil-ity Trouble conditions may include sensors that have become less sensitive or more susceptible to causing false alarms, or bat-teries that have deteriorated or are inoperative
If you say that someone or something is more trouble than they are worth, you mean that they cause you a lot of problems or take a lot of time and effort and you do not achieve or gain very much in return. Some grumbled that Johnson was more trouble than he was worth
If a part of your body troubles you, it causes you physical pain or discomfort. The ulcer had been troubling her for several years
To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex
If you say that a person or animal is no trouble, you mean that they are very easy to look after. My little grandson is no trouble at all, but his 6-year-old elder sister is rude and selfish
disapproval If you say that someone does not trouble to do something, you are critical of them because they do not behave in the way that they should do, and you think that this would require very little effort. He yawns, not troubling to cover his mouth He hadn't troubled himself to check his mirrors