as in disturbing
causing worry or anxiety
the troublesome news that there will be more cuts in the school budget
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Recent Examples of troublesome
Morgan said the small, community roadways and thruways will remain troublesome for crews as more overnight freezing is expected due to the low, single-digit temperatures.
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Jordan Green, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 26 Jan. 2026
Cadden said cuts to higher education in research funding are also troublesome.
—Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026
The South of France is where the romantic hotel category hits its stride, so to choose just one is a troublesome feat.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2026
Revered writers have also regularly tried their hand at another troublesome milestone, the Hollywood Novel.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026
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Jordan Green, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 26 Jan. 2026
Cadden said cuts to higher education in research funding are also troublesome.
—Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026
The South of France is where the romantic hotel category hits its stride, so to choose just one is a troublesome feat.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2026
Revered writers have also regularly tried their hand at another troublesome milestone, the Hollywood Novel.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for troublesome
Adjective
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Keira, a junior, said current events have been disturbing.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
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Protesters gathered outside of an Inglewood daycare facility on Friday to express their outrage over a disturbing video that shows a teacher throwing her shoe at a 5-year-old student with autism in January.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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If the devoted nun resembles the raving patient, does that not justify locking them away, protecting ourselves from their unsettling power?—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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One of the many unsettling images to emerge from the recent ICE surge in Minneapolis was that of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, in his blue bunny hat, standing in the January cold with the hand of a federal officer gripping his Spider-Man backpack.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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What’s even more troubling is how often discrimination and violence are witnessed and met with silence.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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What’s particularly troubling Green is that his utility company gave him no warning or explanation for the spike in costs.—
Tami Luhby,
CNN Money,
12 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The mother of three was first spotted with the hunky Larocca, in October 2024, about six months after the nasty breakup with Hall.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
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Talarico remarked that the nasty interloper would provide good color for my story, and then recalled the time that former Governor Rick Perry had encountered a coyote while running outside Austin—and shot it dead.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The bodycam video was an eye-opening look at the frightening aftermath of the Brown campus shooting when police were searching room-by-room for the suspect, trying to comfort and care for terrified students, and trying to coordinate with campus police to get past locked doors.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
9 Feb. 2026
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In 2017 Dikansh Parmar of the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change in Germany, rescued an Indian cobra (Naja naja) coiled around a train’s window bars that was hissing and, understandably, frightening passengers.—
Richard Kemeny,
Scientific American,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Troublesome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troublesome. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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