Trouble Meaning and Definition from WordNet (r) 2.0

trouble n
1. a source of difficulty; "one trouble after another delayed the job"; "what's the problem?" [syn: problem]
2. an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" [syn: fuss, bother, hassle]
3. an event causing distress or pain; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble"
4. an effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty" [syn: difficulty]
5. a strong feeling of anxiety; "his worry over the prospect of being fired"; "it is not work but worry that kills"; "he wanted to die and end his troubles" [syn: worry]
6. an unwanted pregnancy; "he got several girls in trouble" v
7. move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" [syn: disturb, upset]
8. to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..." [syn: put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother]
9. disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" [syn: perturb, unhinge, disquiet, cark, distract, disorder]
10. take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please" [syn: trouble oneself, bother, inconvenience oneself}]
11. cause bodily suffering to [syn: afflict, ail, pain]

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* Do you want me to tell you something really subversive Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. . . . It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. - Lee Iacocca

* The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. - H.L. Mencken

* I won't have you electioneering on my doorstep. Every time you get in trouble in Parliament you run over here with your shirttail hanging out. (To Prime Minister Harold Wilson) - Lyndon B. Johnson


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