Meaning of trouble in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• A distressing or dangerous situation.

  Example: He was in trouble when the rain started.

• A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.

  Example: The trouble was a leaking brake line.   The trouble with that suggestion is that we lack the funds to put it in motion.   The bridge column magnified the trouble with a slight tilt in the wrong direction.

• A violent occurrence or event.

  Example: the troubles in Northern Ireland

• Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required.

  Example: It's no trouble for me to edit it.

• A malfunction.

  Example: He's been in hospital with some heart trouble.   My old car has engine trouble.

• Liability to punishment; conflict with authority.

  Example: He had some trouble with the law.

• A fault or interruption in a stratum.

verb

• To disturb, stir up, agitate (a medium, especially water).

• To mentally distress; to cause (someone) to be anxious or perplexed.

  Example: What she said about narcissism is troubling me.

• In weaker sense: to bother or inconvenience.

  Example: I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.

• To take pains to do something.

  Example: I won't trouble to post the letter today; I can do it tomorrow.

• To worry; to be anxious.

noun

• (Australian rhyming slang) Wife.