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# troublesome

adjective (troublesome, more troublesome, most troublesome)

«troublesome» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Causing trouble, worry or difficulty; annoying or hard to deal with. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/troublesome/#m1)

### In the lessons

A describing word for people, animals, problems and things: a troublesome cough, a troublesome knee, a troublesome neighbour. In The Wind in the Willows Toad is a troublesome friend whose crazes worry Badger, Rat and Mole. In maths, a troublesome question is a hard one.

### Examples

- That troublesome cough kept me awake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/troublesome/#x1)
- The troublesome puppy chewed my shoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/troublesome/#x2)
- Toad was a troublesome friend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/troublesome/#x3)
- The last sum was the most troublesome. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/troublesome/#x4)
- Weeds are troublesome in the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/troublesome/#x5)
- The troublesome wind kept blowing my kite away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/troublesome/#x6)
- They—they—they were so—so troublesome—that I could not manage them at all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/troublesome/#x7)

### Note

Adjective formed with -some (like «tiresome», «awesome»). Similar: annoying, difficult.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «troublesome» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/troublesome/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«troublesome» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/troublesome.html) on Mova free.