trouble
verb/ˈtrʌbl/
/ˈtrʌbl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they trouble | /ˈtrʌbl/ /ˈtrʌbl/ |
| he / she / it troubles | /ˈtrʌblz/ /ˈtrʌblz/ |
| past simple troubled | /ˈtrʌbld/ /ˈtrʌbld/ |
| past participle troubled | /ˈtrʌbld/ /ˈtrʌbld/ |
| -ing form troubling | /ˈtrʌblɪŋ/ /ˈtrʌblɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] trouble somebody to make somebody worried or upset
- What is it that's troubling you?
- He was deeply troubled by the allegations.
- This latest news troubled him deeply.
- This report raises numerous troubling questions.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deeply
- greatly
- be sorry to
- hate to
- be troubled with something
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- [transitive] (often used in polite requests) to interrupt somebody because you want to ask them something synonym bother
- trouble somebody Sorry to trouble you, but could you tell me the time?
- I hate to trouble you, but could you move your car?
- trouble somebody with something I don't want to trouble the doctor with such a small problem.
- (formal) trouble somebody to do something Could I trouble you to open the window, please?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deeply
- greatly
- be sorry to
- hate to
- be troubled with something
- [intransitive] trouble to do something (formal) (usually used in negative sentences) to make an effort to do something synonym bother
- He rushed into the room without troubling to knock.
- [transitive] trouble somebody (of a medical problem) to cause pain
- My back's been troubling me again.
- He has been troubled with a knee injury.
make somebody worried
interrupt
make effort
cause pain
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French truble (noun), trubler (verb), based on Latin turbidus, from turba ‘a crowd, a disturbance’.
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