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| Main Entry: | trouble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, worry |
| Synonyms: | afflict, agitate, ail, annoy, bug*, burden, concern, discommode, discompose, disconcert, disoblige, disquiet, distress, disturb, flip out*, fret, grieve, harass, harry, inconvenience, irk, irritate, pain, perplex, perturb, pester, plague, put out*, sadden, spook*, strain, stress, torment, try, upset, vex, burn up*, drive up the wall, get to, give a bad time, give a hard time, impose on, make a fuss, make a scene, make waves, psych, stir up |
| Antonyms: | be content, be happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trouble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make an effort |
| Synonyms: | exert, be concerned with, go to the effort of, take pains, take the time |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help |
| Main Entry: | disquieting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | upsetting |
| Synonyms: | annoying, bothersome, distressing, disturbing, irritating, perplexing, troublesome, worrying, disconcerting, perturbing, troubling, unnerving, unsettling, vexing |
| Antonyms: | calming, pleasing, soothing, settling |
| Main Entry: | embarrassing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | humiliating, shaming |
| Synonyms: | awkward, confusing, delicate, difficult, disagreeable, distressing, disturbing, equivocal, impossible, inconvenient, inopportune, perplexing, puzzling, sensitive, shameful, sticky, ticklish, touchy, tricky, troublesome, uncomfortable, uneasy, unpropitious, unseemly, worrisome, bewildering, compromising, discomfiting, discommoding, discommodious, disconcerting, distracting, exasperating, incommodious, mortifying, rattling, troubling, upsetting |
| Antonyms: | comfortable, unshameful |
| Main Entry: | irksome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | annoying |
| Synonyms: | boring, bothersome, burdensome, irritating, tedious, tiresome, troublesome, aggravating, troubling, vexing |
| Main Entry: | maddening |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irritating |
| Synonyms: | annoying, provoking, trying, vexatious, aggravating, exasperating, frustrating, infuriating, riling, troubling |
| Main Entry: | disturbing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disquieting |
| Synonyms: | alarming, annoying, bothersome, burdensome, consequential, creepy, depressing, difficult, disagreeable, discouraging, distressing, embarrassing, foreboding, frightening, gloomy, hard, inconvenient, irksome, irritating, laborious, ominous, onerous, painful, perplexing, pessimistic, prophetic, provoking, severe, sinister, startling, threatening, tiresome, toilsome, troublesome, trying, uncertain, unpleasant, wearisome, worrisome, worrying, aggravating, agitating, discomforting, discommoding, discomposing, disconcerting, dismaying, harassing, impeding, perturbing, troubling, unsettling, upsetting, vexing |
| Main Entry: | bad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distressing |
| Synonyms: | adverse, disagreeable, discouraged, discouraging, distressed, gloomy, grim, melancholy, troubled, unfavorable, unfortunate, unhappy, unpleasant, displeasing, troubling |
| Notes: | badly is an adverb to describe an activity; bad is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
| Main Entry: | afflict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause or become hurt |
| Synonyms: | agonize, annoy, beset, bother, burden, crucify, distress, grieve, harass, harry, irk, lacerate, martyr, oppress, pain, pester, plague, press, rack, smite, strike, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex, worry, wound, harrow |
| 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*, confuse, craze*, debate, discompose, disconcert, discuss, dispute, disquiet, distract, disturb, egg on*, examine, excite, ferment, flurry, fluster, incite, inflame, move, perturb, rouse, ruffle, spook, stimulate, stir, trouble, turn on*, unhinge*, upset, ventilate*, work up*, worry, bug up, burn up*, get to*, make flip, psych, push buttons |
| Antonyms: | calm, quiet, soothe, not bother |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | abrade, agitate, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, bore, bother, break, bug, chafe, displease, distress, disturb, egg on*, exasperate, gall, get, gnaw, harass, harry, henpeck, irk, madden, miff, nag, needle, nettle, nudge, peeve, perturb, pester, plague, provoke, push button, ride, rile, ruffle, tease, trouble, turn off*, vex, worry, T-off, ask for it, be at, be on the back of, burn up, fire up, heat up, hit where one lives, make waves, tick off*, work on |
| Antonyms: | aid, gratify, please, soothe, make happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | besiege |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother |
| Synonyms: | badger, beleaguer, bug*, harass, harry, hound*, importune, nag, pester, plague, trouble, buttonhole* |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause weariness, disinterest |
| Synonyms: | afflict, annoy, be tedious, bend one's ear, bother, burn out, cloy, discomfort, drag, exhaust, fatigue, irk, irritate, jade, pall, pester, put to sleep, send to sleep, talk one's ear off, tire, trouble, turn one off, vex, wear, wear out, weary, worry |
| Antonyms: | amuse, charm, excite, interest, please |
| Main Entry: | bother |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harass, annoy; give trouble |
| Synonyms: | afflict, aggravate, agitate, alarm, badger, bedevil, bore, browbeat, concern, cross, discommode, disconcert, disgust, dismay, displease, disquiet, distress, disturb, eat, embarrass, exacerbate, exasperate, goad, grieve, harry, hinder, hurt, impede, inconvenience, insult, irk, irritate, molest, nag, needle, nudge, pain, perplex, perturb, pester, pick on, plague, provoke, pursue, put out, ride, scare, spite, tantalize, taunt, tease, torment, trouble, upset, vex, worry, carp at, grate on, intrude upon |
| Antonyms: | aid, help, please |
| Main Entry: | burden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encumber, strain |
| Synonyms: | afflict, bother, crush, depress, dish out*, encumber, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, load, obligate, oppress, overcharge, overload, overwhelm, pile, press, snow*, strain, tax, trouble, try, vex, weigh down, worry, bear down on, cumber, dish it out, dump on, give it to, lade, make heavy, saddle with, snow under, stick it to |
| Antonyms: | aid, help, relieve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | concern |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | affect personally |
| Synonyms: | bear on, bother, disquiet, distress, disturb, interest, involve, perturb, regard, touch, trouble, worry, apply to, be relevant to, become involved, make anxious, make uneasy, pertain to, take pains |
| Main Entry: | confuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bewilder someone |
| Synonyms: | abash, amaze, astonish, baffle, becloud, bedevil, befuddle, bemuse, cloud, clutter, complicate, confound, darken, daze, demoralize, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, distract, embarrass, faze, fluster, fog, frustrate, involve, mess up*, misinform, mislead, mortify, muddle, mystify, nonplus, obscure, perplex, perturb, puzzle, rattle, shame, stump, throw off, trouble, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry, addle, disorient, fuddle, lead astray, render uncertain, stir up, throw off balance |
| Antonyms: | clarify, clear up, enlighten, explain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | corner |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trap |
| Synonyms: | bottle, capture, catch, collar*, fool, nab, put out, seize, tree, trick, trouble, bring to bay, get on ropes, have up a tree, mousetrap |
| Antonyms: | allow, release, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | depress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deject, make despondent; exhaust |
| Synonyms: | abase, afflict, ail, bear down, beat, bother, bug*, chill*, cow*, damp, dampen, darken, daunt, debase, debilitate, degrade, desolate, devitalize, discourage, dishearten, dismay, distress, disturb, drag*, drain, dull, enervate, faze, lower, mock, mortify, oppress, perturb, press, put down*, reduce, run down*, sadden, sap*, scorn, slow, torment, trouble, try, upset, weaken, weary, weigh down*, beat down*, bum out, cast down, dispirit, keep under, reduce to tears, throw cold water on, turn one off |
| Antonyms: | cheer, comfort, encourage, excite, lift, stimulate, make happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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