Synonyms for troubling
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : truhb-uhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtrʌb əl |
Top 10 synonyms for troubling Other synonyms for the word troubling
- ail
- be concerned with
- bug
- burn up
- discommode
- discompose
- disoblige
- disquiet
- distress
- drive up the wall
- exert
- flip out
- fret
- get to
- give a bad time
- give a hard time
- go to the effort of
- grieve
- harass
- harry
- impose on
- inconvenience
- make a fuss
- make a scene
- make waves
- pain
- perturb
- pester
- plague
- psych
- put out
- sadden
- spook
- stir up
- strain
- stress
- take pains
- take the time
- torment
- try
- upset
- vex
Définition of troubling
Origin :- early 13c., from Old French trubler (11c.), metathesis of turbler, from Vulgar Latin *turbulare, from Late Latin turbidare "to trouble, make turbid," from Latin turbidus (see turbid). Related: Troubled; troubling.
- verb bother, worry
- verb make an effort
- Demarest grew grave again, as he put the question that was troubling him most.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- It was this memory that was troubling the Little Colonel now.
- Extract from : « The Little Colonel » by Annie Fellows Johnston
- I was then left alone for some hours and my appetite was troubling me.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- We'll have to get his mind off of whatever it is that's troubling him.
- Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
- It appeared as though something, that had been troubling him, had been settled to his satisfaction.
- Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
- Silvine, if it's not troubling you too much, I would like to have a tub.
- Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
- I would talk of what was troubling me, and not try to rend my heart in pieces.
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- Bailey's conscience was not troubling him greatly, and he seemed relieved.
- Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Jed had made up his mind that something was troubling his fair tenant.
- Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Oh—oh, I couldn't think of troubling you, really I couldn't.
- Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
Antonyms for troubling
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