| Main Entry: | trouble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, worry |
Synonyms: |
afflict, agitate, ail, annoy, bug*, burden, burn up, concern, discommode, discompose, disconcert, disoblige, disquiet, distress, disturb, drive up the wall, flip out, fret, get to, give a bad time, give a hard time, grieve, harass, harry, impose on, inconvenience, irk, irritate, make a fuss, make a scene, make waves, pain, perplex, perturb, pester, plague, psych, put out, sadden, spook, stir up, strain, stress, torment, try, upset, vex |
Antonyms: |
be content, be happy |
| Main Entry: | trouble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make an effort |
Synonyms: |
be concerned with, exert, go to the effort of, take pains, take the time |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, help |
| Main Entry: | troubled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worried |
Synonyms: |
afraid, aggravated, agitated, alarmed, anguished, annoyed, anxious, apprehensive, beset, bothered, chagrined, concerned, confused, discombobulated*, disconcerted, displeased, disquieted, distraught, distressed, disturbed, exacerbated, fearful, flustered, frightened, harried, harrowed, in a tizzy, inconvenienced, irked, irritated, miffed, mortified, overwrought, pained, perplexed, perturbed, pestered, plagued, provoked, put out, puzzled, riled, ruffled, scared, shaken, terrified, tormented, tortured, uneasy, unsettled, upset, vexed, worried stiff |
Antonyms: |
at ease, calm, collected, composed, cool, peaceful, quiet, settled, untroubled |
| Main Entry: | troubled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | psychologically disturbed |
Synonyms: |
crazy, cuckoo, demented, disturbed, insane, loony, mentally ill, neurotic, nuts, psychopathic, psychotic, unhinged |
Antonyms: |
balanced, sane, sound |
| Main Entry: | troubled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | upset |
Synonyms: |
afflicted, alarmed, asea, bothered, concerned, distraught, distressed, fearful, harassed, irritated, pained, plagued, puzzled, tormented, uneasy, worried |
Antonyms: |
untroubled |
| Main Entry: | affected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deeply moved or hurt emotionally |
Synonyms: |
afflicted, altered, changed, compassionate, concerned, damaged, distressed, excited, grieved, impaired, impressed, influenced, injured, overwhelmed, overwrought, sorry, stimulated, stirred, sympathetic, tender, touched, troubled, upset |
Antonyms: |
calm, unmoved, unperturbed, unswayed, untroubled |
| Main Entry: | afflict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause or become hurt |
Synonyms: |
agonize, annoy, beset, bother, burden, crucify, distress, grieve, harass, harrow, harry, irk, lacerate, martyr, oppress, pain, pester, plague, press, rack, smite, strike, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex, worry, wound |
| Notes: | afflict is generally used with living beings; inflict is generally used with inanimate objects inflict takes 'on,' afflict takes 'with' |
Antonyms: |
aid, comfort, help, solace, stay away from, take care of |
| Main Entry: | agitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disturb, trouble someone |
Synonyms: |
alarm, argue, arouse, bug up, bug*, burn up, confuse, craze*, debate, discompose, disconcert, discuss, dispute, disquiet, distract, disturb, egg on, examine, excite, ferment, flurry, fluster, get to, incite, inflame, make flip, move, perturb, psych, push buttons, rouse, ruffle, spook, stimulate, stir, trouble, turn on, unhinge, upset, ventilate, work up, worry |
Antonyms: |
calm, not bother, quiet, soothe |
| Main Entry: | ail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurt |
Synonyms: |
afflict, annoy, bother, distress, pain, sicken, trouble, upset |
| Main Entry: | annoy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | irritate, upset |
Synonyms: |
T-off, abrade, agitate, ask for it, badger, be at, be on the back of, bedevil, beleaguer, bore, bother, break, bug, burn up, chafe, displease, distress, disturb, egg on, exasperate, fire up, gall, get, gnaw, harass, harry, heat up, henpeck, hit where one lives, irk, madden, make waves, miff, nag, needle, nettle, nudge, peeve, perturb, pester, plague, provoke, push button, ride, rile, ruffle, tease, tick off, trouble, turn off, vex, work on, worry |
Antonyms: |
aid, gratify, make happy, please, soothe |