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Untroubled

Definition: Untroubled

Untroubled

Adjective

1. Not beset by troubles or disturbance or distress; "seemed untroubled by doubts of any kind"; "untroubled sleep"; "a kind untroubled face".

2. Free from fear or doubt; easy in mind; "secure himself, he went out of his way to help others".

3. Free from turmoil or worries; "untroubled times".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "untroubled" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1385. (references)

 

Synonyms: Untroubled

Synonyms: secure (adj), unafraid (adj). (additional references)
Antonyms: insecure (adj), troubled (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Untroubled

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Moderation

Adjective: moderate; lenient; gentle, mild, mellow; cool, sober, temperate, reasonable, measured; tempered; Verb: calm, unruffled, quiet, tranquil, still; slow, smooth, untroubled; tame; peaceful, peaceable; pacific, halcyon.

Peace

Adjective: pacific; peaceable, peaceful; calm, tranquil, untroubled, halcyon; bloodless; neutral.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Untroubled

English words defined with "untroubled": carefree, clearkingdomlandquietrealmtranquillityunworried. (references)
Specialty definitions using "untroubled": BOHEMIA. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Untroubled

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Small Untroubled World 2003 Calendar: The Art of Gustave Baumann (reference)

  • A Small, Untroubled World: The Woodblock Prints of Gustave Baumann (2002) (reference)

  • Country Boy: Adventures from an Untroubled Childhood (reference)

  • Secret of the Untroubled Mind (reference)

  • The Saturday evening post magazine covers from 1945 to 1962 : an untroubled season: ordinary life in mid-century America (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Untroubled
 

"Bridge over untroubled water" by Erika Thorpe
Commentary: "Fountain, downtown San Diego."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Untroubled

AuthorQuotation

Seneca

No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Untroubled

"Untroubled" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Untroubled" is used about 93 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%9334,067

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Untroubled

Expressions using "untroubled": be untroubled by the news untroubled friendship. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Untroubled

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

untroubled

24
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Untroubled

Language Translations for "untroubled"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

спокоен (arcadian, calm, clear, collected, contented, cool, dreamy, easeful, easy, equable, equal, even tempered, even-minded, halcyon, immovable, impassive, imperturbable, leisurely, level, nerveless, peaceful, philosophical, piping, placid, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, self possessed, self-collected, settled, smooth, soft, staid, steady, steady-going, still, stirless, unalarmed, unbuttoned, unconcerned, undisturbed, uneventful, unflappable, unmolested, unruffled), необезпокояван (unmolested). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

sereen (serene), onbezorgd (serene), helder (acute, bright, clean, clear, clearly, distinct, light, obvious, plain, pure, serene). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

serena (serene). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

reinur (clean, cleanly cut, neat, net, precize, pure, serene, virgin, virginal), mildur (gentle, mild, serene, soft, sweet, tender), ljósur (bright, clear, light, serene). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tyyni (calm, placid, quiet, serene, tranquil), samentamaton (undisturbed). (various references)

   

French

  

serein. (various references)

   

German

  

ungestört (peaceable, undisturbed, unhindered, unmolested, unperturbed, untroubledly). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ανενόχλητοσ (unbothered, undisturbed, unmolested). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

sima (calm, chimaera, clean, flat, glassy, glib, glossy, like a mill-pond, plane, sedate, sleek, slick, smooth, smooth air, smooth as glass, smooth working, soft), nyugodt (calm, calm-glassy, comfortable, composed, good tempered, good-tempered, imperturbable, in all conscience, leisurely, level-headed, peaceful, placid, quiescent, quiet, reassured, relaxed, secure, sedate, self possessed, serene, staid, still, stilly, to be at ease, tranquil, unruffled, unstirred), nem zavaros (unclouded), nem aggódó, háborítatlan (unmolested, unperturbed). (various references)

   

Italian

  

indisturbato (undisturbed, unimpeded). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oubleduntray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

sereno (calm, canny, composed, cool-headed, dew, even-minded, half-light, peaceable, peaceful, peace-loving, piping, placid, quiet, reposeful, restful, self-collected, self-possessed, serene, smooth, sober-blooded, staid, stilly, tranquil, unflappable, unruffled), calmo (calm, collected, composed, cool, cool-headed, dispassionate, douce, even, even-minded, halcyon, half-light, imperturbable, irresponsive, leisurely, mild, noiseless, passionless, peaceable, peaceful, peace-loving, philosophic, philosophical, phlegmatic, placable, placid, plodder, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, sedate, self-collected, sequestered, serene, smooth, sober, sober-blooded, staid, still, stilly, tranquil, uneventful, unprovoked, unruffled, unstirred). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

neturburat (tranquil, unruffled), netulburat (unabashed, unruffled), liniştit (breathless, calm, calmly, comfortable, composed, cool, dead, dispassionate, easy, even, gentle, gently, gently-sloping, halcyon, imperturbable, in comfortable circumstances, mild, noiseless, orderly, Pacific, passive, peaceable, peaceful, peacefully, placid, placidly, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, serene, silent, slow, smooth, sober, soft, still, tranquil, unabashed, unruffled), calm (calm, calmly, calmness, collected, collectedness, composed, composure, cool, coolness, dispassionate, easily, easy, equal, equanimity, even, even tempered, evenness, genial, halcyon, lull, passionless, peace, peaceful, peacefully, phlegmatic, placid, placidity, poise, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, sedate, serene, serenity, silence, smooth, sober, sobriety, still, temper, tranquil, tranquillity, unhurried, unruffled). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

спокойный (calm, calmer, composed, cool-headed, cosh, douce, easeful, easy, even tempered, even-minded, even-tempered, imperturbable, laid back, laid-back, level headed, placid, quiet, reposeful, secure, sedate, serene, settled, sober-blooded, still, tranquil), тихий (halcyon, mild, mild-mannered, quiet, silent, soft-spoken, still, stilly), непотревоженный (unalarmed), безмятежный (placid, serene, unruffled). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

spokojan (calm, even-minded, serene, tranquil), nezabrinut (unconcerned, unperturbed). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sereno (calm, clearheaded, composed, cool, easy, fair, lonely, night watchman, nightman, poised, self controlled, self possessed, serene, staid, watchman). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

obesvärad (comfortable, comfy, easy, jaunty, unencumbered). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sakin (airless, calm, citizen, comfortable, composed, composedly, dispassionate, domicilled, dweller, equal, even, even tempered, habitant, halcyon, hushed, imperturbable, in repose, indweller, inhabitant, inmate, laidback, local, nerveless, noiseless, Pacific, peaceable, peaceful, philosophic, philosophical, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, resident, sedate, serene, smooth, steady, still, tenant, tranquil, unperturbed, unruffled), sıkıntısız, rahat (at ease, at rest, cavalier, comfort, comfortable, comfy, complacent, composure, cosy, cushioned, cushy, ease, easy, facile, leisure, luxurious, peace, rest, restful, serene, snug, unconstrained, unconventional, undisturbed, unembarassed), durgun (airless, bovine, calm, depressed, ditch water, ditchwater, flat, halcyon, in the doldrums, inactive, languid, lifeless, placid, quiescent, quiet, serene, settled, slack, sleepy, stagnant, standing, static, still, stock-still, tranquil, unruffled, windless), dertsiz (carefree, easy), açik (above-board, absence, bright, clear, clearly, deficiency, deficit, distinct, free, lack, light, obvious, of course, open, plain, serene, shortage, shortcoming, sincere, unbiased, unchecked, vacant). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

không đục, được yên. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Untroubled

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

secura, securae, secure, securi, securior, securis, securos, securum, securus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Untroubled

LanguageDateSource2 Thessalonian Chapter 1, Verse 4
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintWste hmaV autouV en umin kaucasqai en taiV ekklhsiaiV tou qeou uper thV upomonhV umwn kai pistewV en pasin toiV diwgmoiV umwn kai taiV qliyesin aiV anecesqe
Latin405VulgateIta ut et nos ipsi in vobis gloriemur in ecclesiis Dei pro patientia vestra et fide in omnibus persecutionibus vestris et tribulationibus quas sustinetis
Middle English1395WyclifSo that we silf glorien in you in the chirchis of God, for youre pacience and feith in alle youre persecuciouns and tribulaciouns.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleSo yt we oureselves reioyce of you in the congregacions of God over youre pacience and fayth in all youre persecucions and tribulacios that ye suffre
Jacobean English1611King JamesSo that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
Victorian English1833WebsterSo that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God, for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
Basic English1964OgdenSo that we ourselves take pride in you in the churches of God for your untroubled mind and your faith in all the troubles and sorrows which you are going through;

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Untroubled

Language2 Thessalonian Chapter 1, Verse 4
HungarianAnnyira, hogy mi magunk dicsekszünk veletek az Isten gyülekezeteiben, a ti kitartástok és hitetek felõl, minden ti üldöztetéstek és szorongattatástok között, a melyeket szenvedtek:

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Rhyming with "Untroubled"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "untroubled" (pronounced untru"buld)
7-t r u" b u l dtroubled.
5-u" b u l dbubbled, doubled, redoubled.
4-b u l dambled, 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 daddled, 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.

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Anagrams: Untroubled

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-d-e-l-n-o-r-t-u-u"

-1 letter: outburned.

-2 letters: doublure, roundlet, troubled, unbolted, undouble.

-3 letters: blonder, blunder, blunted, blunter, blurted, boulder, bounder, bundler, burnout, doubler, doublet, doubter, obtrude, outbred, outburn, outduel, rebound, redoubt, roundel, rundlet, trouble, trundle, unlobed, unrobed, unruled.

-4 letters: blonde, bolder, bolted, bolter, bonder, bordel, bourne, brulot, brunet, bruted, bundle, bunted, bunter, burden, burled, burned, burnet, burton, butled, butler.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Digital Art
6. Quotations: Familiar
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Translations: Ancient
12. Bible Trace
13. Rhymes
14. Anagrams
15. Bibliography


  

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