troublesome

B2
US /ˈtɹʌbəlsəm/
adj Freq #12200

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    difficult to deal with

    a troublesome infection

  2. 2
    adj

    Causing trouble or anxiety.

    The computer has been very troublesome for me. It never works when I need to use it.

Etymology

From trouble + -some.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · difficult to deal with contrariouscross-grained
2 adj · causing trouble or anxiety. burdensomevexatiouswearisome
Opposites
nontroublesomeuntroublesome

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