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Definition of trouble verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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    make somebody worried

  1. [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
    verb + trouble
    • be sorry to
    • hate to
    phrases
    • be troubled with something
    See full entry
  2. interrupt

  3. [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
    verb + trouble
    • be sorry to
    • hate to
    phrases
    • be troubled with something
    See full entry
  4. make effort

  5. [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.
  6. cause pain

  7. [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.
  8. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French truble (noun), trubler (verb), based on Latin turbidus, from turba ‘a crowd, a disturbance’.
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