Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

troubled

/ˈtɹʌbl̩d/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English

Syllables: trou-bled
IPA: /ˈtɹʌbl̩d/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Anxious, worried, careworn.

adj

Afflicted by difficulties.

verb

simple past and past participle of trouble

Example Sentences

"Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen."
"The troubled Internet company announced another round of layoffs last week."
"If you're southbound you shouldn't be troubled by any rain this morning."

Inflected Forms

more troubled (comparative) most troubled (superlative)

Derived Forms

distroubled nontroubled overtroubled troubledly troubledness untroubled

Phrases

bridge over troubled waters cast oil on troubled waters fish in troubled waters pour oil on troubled waters troubled asset troubled waters

Synonyms

disruptive riotous tumultuous turbulent

Rhymes With

doubled bubbled untroubled redoubled

Questions

How do you pronounce troubled?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɹʌbl̩d/.
What does troubled mean?: Anxious, worried, careworn.

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