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Added 9 October 2026

trouble

/ˈt͡ʃɹʌbəl/ noun

In Latin: aerumna Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about trouble at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A source of difficulty.
one trouble after another delayed the job
An angry disturbance.
he didn't want to make a fuss
An event causing distress or pain.
what is the trouble?

verb

Move deeply.
This book upset me
To cause inconvenience or discomfort to.
Sorry to trouble you, but...
Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed.
She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill

Origin

Verb is from Middle English troublen, trouble, borrowed from Old French troubler, trobler, trubler, metathetic variants of tourbler, torbler, turbler, from Vulgar Latin *turbulō, from Latin turbula (“disorderly group, a little crowd or people”), diminutive of turba (“stir; crowd”). The noun is from Middle English trouble, troble, from Old French troble, from the verb.

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