Troubled

Definition: Troubled

Troubled

Adjective

1. Characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need; "troubled areas"; "fell into a troubled sleep"; "a troubled expression"; "troubled teenagers".

2. Characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly childhood".

Date "troubled" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Troubled

Synonyms: disruptive (adj), riotous (adj), tumultuous (adj), turbulent (adj). (additional references)

Antonym: untroubled (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Caution	Keep out of harm's way, keep out of troubled waters; keep at a respectful distance, stand aloof; keep on the safe side, be on the safe side.
Difficulty	Fish in troubled waters, buffet the waves, swim against the stream, scud under bare poles.
Discord	Get into hot water, fish in troubled waters, brawl; kick up a row, kick up a dust; turn the house out of window.
Moderation	Tranquilize, pacify, assuage, appease, swag, lull, soothe, compose, still, calm, calm down, cool, quiet, hush, quell, sober, pacify, tame, damp, lay, allay, rebate, slacken, smooth, alleviate, rock to sleep, deaden, smooth, throw cold water on, throw a wet blanket over, turn off; slake; curb; (restrain); tame; (subjugate); smooth over; pour oil on the waves, pour oil on the troubled waters; pour balm into, mattre de l'eau dans son vin.
	Phrase: est modue in rebus; pour oil on troubled waters.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Are you troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night (Ghost Busters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis) If you find yourself alone, riding through green fields with the sun on your face, do not be troubled, for you are in Elysium, and are already dead (Gladiator; writing credit: David Franzoni) I guess you're the expert on troubled kids (Batman Beyond; writing credit: Hilary Bader; Stan Berkowitz) Troubled, but nice (Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica; writing credit: Jeffrey Bell)
Lyrics	Like a bridge over troubled water (Bridge Over Troubled Water; performing artist: Simon and Garfunkel) I took a walk around the world to ease my troubled mind (Kryptonite; performing artist: 3 Doors Down) When you're down and troubled (You've Got A Friend; performing artist: James Taylor) Troubled times (SEPARATE WAYS (WORLDS APART); performing artist: Journey) When I need someone to ease my troubled mind (Angel; performing artist: Lionel Richie)
Movie/TV Titles	Troubled Waters (1964) Oil on Troubled Waters (1926) Through Troubled Waters (1915) Troubled Waters (1913) A Light on Troubled Waters (1913)
Song Titles	Bridge Over Troubled Water (performing artist: Simon and Garfunkel)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Creative Interventions for Troubled Children & Youth (reference) Financial Security in Troubled Times: What You Need to Do Now (reference) Troubled Waters (reference) Troubled Waters: A Novel (Hearts of the Children, 2) (reference) Troubled Waters: An Unauthorised and Unofficial Guide to Dawson's Creek (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Tax Planning For Troubled Corporations (reference) Troubled & Undercapitalized Bank & Thrift List (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Beavis and Butt-Head: Troubled Youth (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Bridge Over Troubled Water (reference) Child of Troubled Times (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Troubled treasures. Credit: Library of Congress.		I'm sorry to have troubled you, she said coldly and tried to look dignified. Credit: Library of Congress.
	A Frontier guard patrols the barren, mountainous country of Jordan near the troubled border with Israel. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Quotation
Crabbe	In this wild world the fondest and the best are the most tried, most troubled, and distrest.
Epictetus	12. . . . For it is better to die of hunger, so that you be free from pain and from fear, than to live in plenty and be troubled in mind.
Henri Frederic Amiel	Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	More persons would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
Nathaniel Hawthorne	We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream: it may be so the moment after death.
Spenser	The troubled blood through his pale face was seen to come and go with tidings from his heart, as it a running messenger had been.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	His look was troubled.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	The wooden slide was drawn back and the faint murmur of a voice troubled the silence
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	I do not learn that the Indians ever troubled themselves to go after it.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Some persons with sleep myoclonus are rarely troubled by, or need treatment for, the condition. (references)
		In addition to affecting the quality of life, troubled sleep has been implicated with excess mortality. (references)
		Menopause or the "change of life" affects each woman in a different way. Maybe hot flashes and sleep problems troubled your sister during menopause. (references)
Business		Northwestern China has been troubled by occasional unrest among minority ethnic and religious groups. (references)
		The company bought most of its hire-purchase assets in 1998 from the Financial Restructuring Agency (FRA), which seized assets of the troubled 56 finance companies closed by the government during the crisis. (references)
Children	Sweden	An NGO, Children's Rights in Society, offers counseling to troubled youngsters. (references)
	Singapore	The Children and Young Persons Act establishes protective services for orphaned, abused, disabled, or troubled children, and creates a juvenile court system. (references)
	Iceland	The agency also investigates reports of child abuse through a specially designed "Children's House" (Barnahusid) and operates treatment centers for abused and troubled minors. (references)
Civil Liberties	Gambia	The Government continued to host approximately 3,500 Senegalese refugees from the troubled Casamance region. (references)
	India	These searches tend to focus on troubled areas, as opposed to the mass searches that were common in the past. (references)
Economic History	Colombia	Restructuring Colombia's troubled pension system remains a major challenge. (references)
Political Economy	Georgia	The parliamentary opposition is united against the plan, and allies of Speaker Zhvania in the majority are also privately troubled by it. It is unclear at this point whether it will be enacted in its current form. (references)
	Panama	Although Panama is one of the most economically developed countries in the region, problems such as trans-national crime, corruption, entrenched poverty, and spill-over problems from Panama's troubled southern neighbor, Colombia, remain serious challenges for Panama's future. (references)
Trade	Nepal	Rastriya Banijya Bank is 100 percent government-owned, but is troubled by bad loans and is now lending very little to new customers. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Frank Lindh	Well, Dan, I'm very troubled by that statement as well. I would just ask you to consider the fact that he was being pressed by a reporter after being pulled out of the basement of a prison where he went through that horrible ordeal.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Herbert C. Hoover	1929-1933	Fortunately the New World is largely free from the inheritances of fear and distrust which have so troubled the Old World.
John F. Kennedy	1961-1963	Nearly one-eighth of those who are without jobs live almost without hope in nearly one hundred especially depressed and troubled areas.
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	Not too many years ago Vietnam was a peaceful, if troubled, land.
Gerald Ford	1974-1977	Ours was a troubled land.
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	One of the principal goals of my domestic policy has been to strengthen the private sector economic base of our Nation's economically troubled urban and rural areas.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	As we gather here tonight, the state of our Union is strong, but our economy is troubled.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	Six years ago, I came to office in a time of doubt for America, with our economy troubled, our deficit high, our people divided.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Troubled" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 49.49% of the time. "Troubled" is used about 1,080 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	49.49%	534	11,505
Lexical Verb (past participle)	32.28%	349	15,301
Lexical Verb (past tense)	15.17%	164	24,408
Noun (proper)	2.59%	28	65,706
Noun (common)	0.46%	5	157,705
Total	100.00%	1,080	N/A

Expressions using "troubled": be sorry to have troubled smb. ♦ be troubled ♦ be troubled about ♦ be troubled with ♦ be troubled with wind ♦ financially troubled ♦ fish in troubled water ♦ fish in troubled waters ♦ i am sorry to have troubled you ♦ pour oil on the troubled waters ♦ pour oil on troubled waters ♦ troubled area ♦ troubled bank ♦ troubled company ♦ troubled economy ♦ troubled waters ♦ troubled with a cough. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "troubled": troubled-funk.
	Ending with "troubled": much-troubled.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "troubled"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		benoud (agitated, airless, anxious, close, cramped, oppressive, stale, stiffling, sultry), bedug (afraid, agitated, anxious). (various references)

Albanian		i trazuar (agog, boisterous, distempered, disturbed, flurried, haywire, lumpy, mixed, on edge, rough, troublous, tumultuous, turbid, turbulent, vexed), i shqetësuar (agitated, anxious, apprehensive, concerned, distempered, distraught, distressed, disturbed, fidgety, flurried, flustered, jittery, preoccupied, restless, troublous, uneasy, vexed, worried). (various references)

Arabic		‏مهموم (anxious, careworn, concerned, solicitous, uneasy, worried), ‏مزعج (aggravating, annoying, bore, bothering, bothersome, disagreeable, disquieting, disturber, disturbing, galling, grating, harsh, horrid, importunate, importune, intruder, irksome, irritating, mean, mischievous, offensive, pain in the neck, pestilential, plaguy, provoking, terrible, tiresome, troublesome, ugly, uncomfortable, unpleasant, upsetting, vexatious, vexing, wicked, worrisome), ‏مضطرب (confused, deranged, disarranged, disarrayed, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, disturbed, ill at ease, jumbled, mixed up, muddled, restive, restless, rough, tumultuous, uneasy, unquiet, unsettled, upset), ‏قلق (agitated, anxiety, anxious, apprehension, apprehensive, apprehensiveness, bother, concern, concerned, crankous, cranky, discomfort, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, fearful, fidget, fidgety, freakish, fretful, ill at ease, inquietude, nervous, perturbation, perturbed, restless, restlessness, solicitous, solicitude, stew, streaked, suspense, sweat, toss, troublous, uneasiness, uneasy, unquiet, unrest, upset, worried, worry). (various references)

Bulgarian		обезпокоен (concerned, disquiet, disturbed), затруднен (catching, catchy, embarrassed, hard up, labored, laboured, snookered, straitened). (various references)

Chinese		麻烦 (Bothersome, trouble, troublesome, troubling), 孃 (mother), 憒 (confused), 恓 (vexed). (various references)

Czech		ztrápený (down in the mouth), ustaraný (careworn, concerned, drawn, worried), nepokojný (fitful, restless, uneasy). (various references)

Danish		uklar urin (cloudy urine, troubled urine). (various references)

Dutch		ongerust (agitated, anxious, anxiously), bezorgd (agitated, anxious, anxiously), beducht (afraid, agitated, anxious), bang (afraid, agitated, alarming, anxious, grave, serious, timid). (various references)

Finnish		ahdistuksen alainen (distressed, oppressed). (various references)

French		inquiet. (various references)

German		gestört (broken, deranged, disrupted, disturbed, poor, unbalanced, unhinged), beunruhigt (disconcerted, disquiets, distracted, disturbs, fazes, flurries, harasses, perturbed, perturbs, unsettles, worried), unruhig (agitated, anxious, anxiously, bumpy, busy, choppy, fidgety, fitful, fitfully, fretful, nervy, noisily, noisy, restive, restless, skittish, skittishly, uncomfortably, uneasily, uneasy, unquiet, unsettled, unsteady). (various references)

Greek		προβληματισμένος (concerned, worried). (various references)

Hebrew		מודאג (anxious, concerned, fretful, in a stew, uneasy, upset, worried), מוטרד (worried), מוטרח (bothered, wearied), מעוכר (befouled, muddy), טרוד (busy, occupied). (various references)

Hungarian		zavaros (ambiguous, bleary, blurred, chaotic, cloudy, confused, feculent, fustian, haywire, hugger-mugger, incoherent, indistinct, intricate, motley, muddled, muddling, muddy, obscure, puddly, rambling, roily, troublous, turbid), zaklatott (distracted, harassed, hardpressed, hard-pressed, to be all of a sweat, to be in a sweat), felkavart (agitated, roily). (various references)

Indonesian		kesumpekan (confusion of thought, feeling of being troubled). (various references)

Italian		preoccupato (anxious, preoccupied, solicitous, uneasy, worried), agitato (agitated, fussy, haywire, hectic, jittery, jumpy, nervous, overwrought, restive, restless, turbulent, upset, wild). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		揉む (to be troubled about, to coach, to crumple, to massage, to rub, to train, to worry over, to wrinkle), 憂い悩む (to be grievously troubled), 悩む (to be troubled, to be worried), 乱世 (troubled times, turbulent times), 弱る (to be dejected, to be downcast, to be emaciated, to be perplexed, to be troubled, to impair, to weaken). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		なやむ (to be troubled, to be worried), うれいなやむ (to be grievously troubled), らんせい (oviparity, produced from eggs, troubled times, turbulent times), もむ (to be troubled about, to coach, to crumple, to massage, to rub, to train, to worry over, to wrinkle), よわる (to be dejected, to be downcast, to be emaciated, to be perplexed, to be troubled, to impair, to weaken). (various references)

Korean		고생하는 (Suffered). (various references)

Manx		seiyt (agitated, churned, mixed, muddy, stirred, troubled of water), fo voirey (troubled as person), corragh (chequered, chequered as career, crazy, eccentric, erratic, falling, hectic, infirm, irresolute, jerry-built, rocky place, sensitive, skittish, troubled of period, unbalanced, unbalanced of mind, uneven, uneven as temper, wobbly). (various references)

Papiamen		intrakil (agitated, anxious). (various references)

Pig Latin		oubledtray.(various references)

Portuguese		turvo (blear, dim, dimmish, dreggy, feculent, foul, milky, muddy, roily, thick), perturbado (ajar, distraught, disturbed, troublous, unquiet, unsettled), inquieto (agitated, anxious, bustling, disquiet, fidgety, frantic, fretful, fussy, nervous, on edge, preoccupied, qualmish, restive, restless, uneasy, unquiet), incomodado (worried), agitado (agitated, astir, bustling, choppy, eventful, fidgety, frantic, fretful, fussy, hectic, jumpy, restless, rough, sleepless, trembling, troublous, tumultuous, turbulent, unquiet, unsettled, working), aflito (afflicted, anxious, care-worn, concerned, desolate, distressed, fretful, sad, sorrowful, woeful, woesome, worried). (various references)

Romanian		tulbure (cloudy, dim, feculent, filmy, muddy, thick, turbid, unquiet, unsettled, vaguely), rãvãşit (littery, scattered, topsy turvy, upset), neliniştit (agitated, anxious, anxiously, broken, concerned, disquiet, fidgety, restive, restless, sorrowful, uneasily, uneasy, unquiet, unquietly, upset, worried), alarmat (alarmed, disquieted, uneasy), accidentat (billowy, broken, bumpy, casualty, hilly, injured, odd, rough, rugged, uneven, wounded), îngrijorat (alarmed, anxious, auxious, careful, concerned, disquiet, restless, sorrowful, thoughtful). (various references)

Russian		штормовой, встревоженный (Alarmed, disturbed, uneasy), беспокоить беспокойный. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		uznemiren (disconcerted, disquieted, disturbed, perturbed, queasy, uneasy, unsettled, upset, vexed), u nevolji (distress: in distress, queer-street: in queer-street, trouble: in trouble), problematičan (conjectural, problem, problematic), mutan (bleary, dim, dingy, feculent, lacklustre, mat, matted, muddy, roily, thick, turbid). (various references)

Spanish		inquieto (agitated, anxious, apprehensive, disquiet, edgy, fidgety, fretful, ill at ease, nervous, restless, uneasy, unquiet, unsettled, worried). (various references)

Swedish		orosfylld. (various references)

Thai		ตกอยู่ในอันตราย (fish in troubled waters). (various references)

Turkish		sıkıntılı (annoying, constrained, cornered, dismal, distressed, dreary, Gray, grey, grueling, gruelling, troublesome, troublous, uneasy, unrestful, weighty), rahatsız (ailing, bad, comfortless, constrained, diseased, disturbed, ill, in bad health, incommodious, indisposed, out of sorts, poorly, queer, seedy, sick, uncomfortable, uneasy, unrestful, unwell, worrisome), bulanık (blurred, blurry, clouded, cloudy, cloudyly, dim, filmy, foggy, hazy, indistinct, mackled, misty, muddy, murky, out of focus, turbid), üzgün (afflicted, aggrieved, bleak, careworn, chagrined, crestfallen, dejected, downcast, downhearted, glum, heartsick, heartsore, heavy-hearted, low-spirited, pained, regretful, rueful, sad, sick at heart, sorrowful, sorry, stricken, tearful, unhappy, upset, worried). (various references)

Turkmen		lдbik (poppy), gowgaly (disturbed), aladaly (preoccupied). (various references)

Ukrainian		штормовий (stormy, wild), неспокійний (anxious, bothersome, choppy, disquiet, incommodious, nervous, obstreperous, old womanish, qualmish, restive, troublous, tumultuous, uneasy, unquiet, unsettled, vexatious, worrisome). (various references)

Vietnamese		lo lắng (anxious, anxiously, fidgety, preoccupied, thoughtful, unquiet), không trong không yên, băn khoăn (anxiously, uneasily), bồn chồn rối loạn, đục (feculent, pick). (various references)

Welsh		trallodus (troublous), trafferthus (troublesome), helbulus (troublous), cythryblus (agitated). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	confusa, confusi, confusum, confusus, exercitatis, exercitatos, exercitatum, exercitatus, seditiosis, sollicita, sollicite, solliciti, sollicitorum, sollicitum, sollicitus, turbatus, turbidam, turbido. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	earmcearig, hreocearig, hreoh. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Matthew Chapter 6, Verse 28
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai peri endumatoV ti merimnate katamaqete ta krina tou agrou pwV auxanei ou kopia oude nhqei
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et de vestimento quid solliciti estis considerate lilia agri quomodo crescunt non laborant nec nent
Old English	990	West Saxon	& to hwi synde ge ymbhydige bereafe. Bescewiað ækeres lilian hu hyewexað. ne swincað hyo. ne hyo ne spinneð.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And of clothing what ben ye bisye? Biholde ye the lilies of the feeld, how thei wexen. Thei trauelen not, nether spynnen;
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And why care ye then for raymet? Considre ye lylies of ye felde how they growe. They labour not nether spynne.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And why are ye anxious for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field how they grow? they toil not, neither do they spin?
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And why are you troubled about clothing? See the flowers of the field, how they come up; they do no work, they make no thread:
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Matthew Chapter 6, Verse 28
Cebuano	Ug nganong mabalaka man kamo bahin sa bisti? Palandunga ninyo ang mga lirio sa kaumahan, giunsa nila sa pagtubo; wala sila magbudlay ni magkalinyas;
Croatian	I za odijelo što ste zabrinuti? Promotrite poljske ljiljane, kako rastu! Ne muèe se niti predu.
Danish	Og hvorfor bekymre I eder for Klæder? Betragter Lillierne på Marken, hvorledes de vokse; de arbejde ikke og spinde ikke;
Dutch	En wat zijt gij bezorgd voor de kleding? Aanmerkt de lelien des velds, hoe zij wassen; zij arbeiden niet, en spinnen niet;
Finnish	Ja mitä te murehditte vaatteista? Katselkaa kedon kukkia, kuinka ne kasvavat; eivät ne työtä tee eivätkä kehrää.
French	Et pourquoi vous inquiéter au sujet du vêtement? Considérez comment croissent les lis des champs: ils ne travaillent ni ne filent;
German	Und warum sorget ihr für die Kleidung? Schaut die Lilien auf dem Felde, wie sie wachsen: sie arbeiten nicht, auch spinnen sie nicht.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Mengapa kalian khawatir tentang pakaianmu? Perhatikanlah bunga-bunga bakung yang tumbuh di padang. Bunga-bunga itu tidak bekerja dan tidak menenun;
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Dan lagi apakah sebabnya kamu menaruh kuatir tentang pakaianmu? Perhatikanlah bunga bakung di padang, bagaimana tumbuhnya; tiada ia bekerja, dan tiadalah pula ia memintal benang.
Italian	E perché vi affannate per il vestito? Osservate come crescono i gigli del campo: non lavorano e non filano.
Latvian	Un ko jûs raizçjaties apìçrba dçï? Skatieties lauka lilijâs, kâ tâs aug: ne tâs strâdâ, ne tâs vçrpj.
Manx Gaelic	As cre'n-fa ta shiu imneagh son coamraghyn? Gow-jee tastey jeh lilleeyn ny magheragh kys t'ad gaase; cha vel ad tooilleil, chamoo t'ad sneeu.
Maori	A he aha koutou i manukanuka ai ki te kakahu? Maharatia nga rengarenga o te whenua, te tupu; e kore nei e mahi, e kore nei ano e miro:
Norwegian	Og hvorfor er I bekymret for klærne? Akt på liljene på marken, hvorledes de vokser: de arbeider ikke, de spinner ikke;
Portuguese	E pelo que haveis de vestir, por que andais ansiosos? Olhai para os lírios do campo, como crescem; não trabalham nem fiam;
Rumanian	Wi de ce vq kngrijorayi de kmbrqcqminte? Uitayi-vq cu bqgare de seamq cum cresc crinii de pe ckmp: ei nici nu torc, nici nu yes;
Shuar	`Nuikia ¿urukamtai entsartincha Timiá Enentáimprum? Iistá, kukujsha takachuitiat tura najanchaitiat
Swahili	"Na kuhusu mavazi, ya nini kuwa na wasiwasi? Tazameni maua ya porini jinsi yanavyostawi. Hayafanyi kazi wala hayasokoti.
Swedish	Och varför bekymren I eder för kläder? Beskåden liljorna på marken, huru de växa: de arbeta icke, ej heller spinna de;
Uma	"Napa pai' sese' rahi-koi mpopekiri pohea-ni? Penonoi-dile katuwu' wunga hi papada-e. Uma-ra mobago, uma-ra mpobabehi pohea-ra.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words ending with "troubled": untroubled. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Troubled" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: throubled, touble, trauble, trobble, troble, tro-uble, troublew, Trouillot, troule, truble, tyrouble. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "troubled" (pronounced tru"buld)
7	t r u" b u l d	untroubled.
5	-u" b u l d	bubbled, doubled, redoubled.
4	-b u l d	ambled, assembled, babbled, cabled, cobbled, corbelled, crumbled, dabbled, dibbled, disabled, disassembled, jumbled, labeled, labelled, libeled, dribbled, enabled, enfeebled, fabled, fumbled, gambled, garbled, gobbled, grumbled, hobbled, humbled, marbled, mislabeled, mumbled, nibbled, rambled, reassembled, resembled, rumbled, scrambled, scribbled, squabbled, stumbled, tabled, trebled, trembled, tumbled, unlabeled, wobbled.
3	-u l d	addled, angled, annulled, backpedaled, baffled, barreled, battled, bedeviled, bedraggled, befuddled, belittled, bespectacled, bevelled, bicycled, boggled, bottled, bridled, bristled, buckled, bundled, bungled, canceled, cancelled, channeled, chiseled, chortled, chronicled, chuckled, circled, coddled, commingled, counseled, coupled, crackled, credentialed, crippled, crumpled, cuddled, cycled, dangled, dazzled, dialed, dimpled, jangled, jostled, juggled, kindled, knuckled, ladled, leveled, levelled, disgruntled, disheveled, dismantled, dueled, dwindled, embattled, embezzled, emerald, empaneled, enameled, encircled, entangled, entitled, equaled, fiddled, fizzled, flanneled, fondled, frazzled, freckled, fueled, fuelled, funneled, giggled, grappled, grizzled, haggled, handled, hassled, heckled, Herald, huddled, hustled, idled, impaneled, imperiled, initialed, intermingled, mangled, manhandled, marshaled, marshalled, marveled, mingled, mishandled, modeled, mottled, muddled, muffled, muscled, muzzled, needled, nestled, nettled, newfangled, ogled, paddled, paneled, parceled, pedaled, pedalled, peddled, penciled, peopled, pickled, principled, pummeled, puzzled, quadrupled, quarreled, quintupled, rankled, rattled, raveled, recycled, refueled, rekindled, remodeled, resettled, reshuffled, reveled, riddled, rifled, rippled, rivaled, ruffled, rumpled, saddled, sampled, scaffold, scuffled, scuttled, settled, shackled, shoveled, shriveled, shuffled, shuttled, signaled, signalled, singled, sizzled, smuggled, snarled, spangled, sparkled, speckled, spiraled, sprinkled, squirreled, stapled, startled, stenciled, stifled, straddled, straggled, strangled, struggled, subtitled, swindled, tackled, tangled, tasseled, tattled, throttled, tickled, tinkled, titled, toggled, toppled, totaled, totalled, trampled, traveled, travelled, trickled, tripled, trundled, tussled, unbridled, unprincipled, unraveled, unrivaled, unruffled, unsettled, unshackled, untrammeled, waffled, wangled, whistled, whittled, widdled, wrangled, wrestled, wrinkled.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-d-e-l-o-r-t-u"
	-1 letter: blurted, boulder, doubler, doublet, doubter, obtrude, outbred, redoubt, trouble.
	-2 letters: bolder, bolted, bolter, bordel, brulot, bruted, burled, butled, butler, debtor, detour, double, louder, loured, louted, redout, retold, rouble, routed, toured.
	-3 letters: blued, bluer, bluet, blurt, bored, botel, boule, brute, buret, buteo, butle, debut, doter, doubt, lobed, lubed, lured, luted, older, orbed, outed, outer.
	Words containing the letters "b-d-e-l-o-r-t-u"
	+2 letters: obdurately, outbrawled, roundtable, untroubled.
	+3 letters: boatbuilder, redoubtable, redoubtably, roundtables, thunderbolt, tuberculoid.
	+4 letters: battleground, boatbuilders, flutterboard, subeditorial, subthreshold, thunderbolts.
	+5 letters: battlegrounds, flutterboards, subordinately.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
bridge over troubled water	469	school for troubled kid	20
troubled teen	454	bridge like over troubled water	18
bridge lyrics over troubled water	321	troubled marriage	17
program for troubled teen	221	troubled times	17
aiken bridge clay over troubled water	131	aiken bridge by clay over troubled water	16
school for troubled teen	106	aikens bridge clay over troubled water	15
help for troubled teen	82	bridge over troubled water sheet music	14
boarding school for troubled teen	74	troubled youth program	13
summer camp for troubled teen	64	simon and garfunkel bridge over troubled water	12
boot camp for troubled teen	61	home for troubled teen	12
troubled relationship	57	summer program for troubled teen	11
camp for troubled teen	56	aikens american bridge clay copy idol last many night over single sold this troubled water week were	11
troubled youth	48	camp for troubled youth	11
aiken bridge clay lyrics over troubled water	43	military school for troubled teen	10
troubled teenager	33	bridge mp3 over troubled water	10
bridge garfunkel lyrics over simon troubled water	31	kid program troubled	10
troubled relationship poem	27	bridge troubled water	10
camp for troubled kid	26	card relationship troubled	10
troubled child	24	bridge midi over troubled water	10
troubled kid	22	love poem troubled	10
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Troubled

Definition: Troubled

Troubled

Adjective

Synonyms: Troubled

Synonyms within Context: Troubled

Caution

Difficulty

Discord

Moderation

Crosswords: Troubled

Modern Usage: Troubled

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Lyrics

Movie/TV Titles

Song Titles

Commercial Usage: Troubled

Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

Photo Album: Troubled

Digital Photo Gallery: Troubled

Familiar Quotations: Troubled

Crabbe

Epictetus

Henri Frederic Amiel

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Spenser

Use in Literature: Troubled

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Non-Fiction Usage: Troubled

Spoken Usage: Troubled

Frank Lindh

Speeches: Troubled

Herbert C. Hoover

John F. Kennedy

Lyndon B. Johnson

Gerald Ford

Jimmy Carter

Ronald Reagan

Bill Clinton

Usage Frequency: Troubled

Expression: Troubled

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Troubled

Modern Translation: Troubled

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