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trouble
noun as in annoyance, worry
Strongest matches
anxiety, concern, danger, difficulty, dilemma, disorder, disturbance, inconvenience, mess, pain, predicament, problem, strain, stress, strife, struggle, suffering, unrest, woe
Strong matches
agitation, bind, bother, commotion, discontent, discord, disquiet, dissatisfaction, distress, grief, hang-up, heartache, hindrance, irritation, misfortune, nuisance, pest, pickle, puzzle, row, scrape, sorrow, spot, task, torment, tribulation, tumult, vexation
Weak matches
noun as in something requiring great effort
noun as in bad health
verb as in bother, worry
Strongest matches
afflict, agitate, annoy, burden, concern, disconcert, disturb, irk, irritate, perplex, perturb, plague, sadden, strain, torment, upset, vex
Strong matches
ail, bug, discommode, discompose, disoblige, disquiet, distress, fret, grieve, harass, harry, inconvenience, pain, pester, spook, stress, try
Weak matches
burn up, drive up the wall, flip out, get to, give a bad time, give a hard time, impose on, make a fuss, make a scene, make waves, psych, put out, stir up
verb as in make an effort
Strong match
Weak matches
be concerned with, go to the effort of, take pains, take the time
Example Sentences
Both say they had trouble persuading their doctors to examine the connection between their symptoms and the shots.
In Sagaing, the impact of aid shortfalls can already be seen in troubling ways, according to relief agencies.
The part that got her in trouble was when she called out the silken dishonesty of Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Trump's press secretary at the time.
I feel like a lot of times, these training programs do that, and that’s why people out of school have so much trouble working at first, because they just have to find themselves again.
Frayne's health troubles compelled him to take a two-year break from his career.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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