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distrouble

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dis-trou-ble
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To trouble greatly; to perplex.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English distroublen, from Old French destrobler, metathetic form of destorbler; by surface analysis, dis- + trouble.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: distroublen, destrobler

Usage

Inflected Forms

distroubles (present, singular) distroubling (participle, present) distroubled (participle, past) distroubled (past)

Questions

What does distrouble mean?
To trouble greatly; to perplex.
Where does distrouble come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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