Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

troublemaking

/ˈtɹʌb(ə)lmeɪkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables: trou-ble-mak-ing
IPA: /ˈtɹʌb(ə)lmeɪkɪŋ/

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Causing trouble.

noun

Causing trouble; acting in a disruptive way

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Moving to Saignon in the mid-1920s, he helped to produce a troublemaking newspaper, L'Indochine, which ventilated the many complaints of the Vietnamese about forced labor, land expropriation, and police brutality."
"Finding the words, the expressions, the way of living that could be the trouble-making inside this closed society, that's our main goal. It's mine anyway. It's the only way to be open, to be conscious of not being just an object, of not being only acted upon, but doing things by yourself."
"The spunky kindergartener (first grader in more recent volumes) is prone to troublemaking, often calls people names and isn’t averse to talking back to her teachers."

Etymology

From trouble + making.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈtɹʌb(ə)lmeɪkɪŋ/

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

more troublemaking (comparative) most troublemaking (superlative) troublemakings (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

troublemaker

Questions

How do you pronounce troublemaking?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɹʌb(ə)lmeɪkɪŋ/.
What does troublemaking mean?: Causing trouble.
Where does troublemaking come from?: From trouble + making.

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