troublesomenessn.
/ˈtrʌb(ə)lsəmnɪs/ The quality or condition of being troublesome.† 1. † b. Disposition to cause disturbance; turbulence. Obsolete.† c. Physically disturbed or agitated state. Obsolete.† 2. Trouble, affliction, distress. Obsolete.
a. Disturbed or unsettled state; confusion, disorderliness. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [noun]
unfritheOE
unpeacea1325
unresta1382
hurling1387
tumult1412
hurlc1440
hurly-burlyc1440
unquietness?c1450
unpeaceableness?c1475
estoure1481
broilery1521
broiling1523
turmoil1526
brulyie1531
unquiet1551
troublesomeness1561
disrest1567
turbulence1598
hurly1600
turbulency1607
inquieta1684
brulyiement1718
agitation1769
dispeace1825
fudder1871
push and shove1895
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun]
winOE
torpelness?c1225
disturbance1297
workc1325
disturblingc1330
farec1330
frapec1330
disturbing1340
troublingc1340
blunderc1375
unresta1382
hurling1387
perturbationc1400
turbationc1400
rumblec1405
roara1413
rumourc1425
sturblance1435
troublec1435
stroublance1439
hurlc1440
hurly-burlyc1440
ruffling1440
stourc1440
rumblingc1450
sturbancec1450
unquietness?c1450
conturbationc1470
ruption1483
stir1487
wanrufe?a1505
rangat?a1513
business1514
turmoil1526
blommera1529
blunderinga1529
disturbation1529
bruyllie1535
garboil1543
bruslery1546
agitation1547
frayment1549
turmoiling1550
whirl1552
confusion1555
troublesomeness1561
rule1567
rummage1575
rabble1579
tumult1580
hurlement1585
rabblement1590
disturb1595
welter1596
coil1599
hurly1600
hurry1600
commotion1616
remotion1622
obturbation1623
stirrance1623
tumultuation1631
commoving1647
roiling1647
spudder1650
suffle1650
dissettlement1654
perturbancy1654
fermentationa1661
dissettledness1664
ferment1672
roil1690
hurry-scurry1753
vortex1761
rumpus1768
widdle1789
gilravagea1796
potheration1797
moil1824
festerment1833
burly1835
fidge1886
static1923
comess1944
frammis1946
bassa-bassa1956
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) i. xv. 79 As though Reason also did not dissent from it selfe... But..that troublesomenesse proceedeth of the corruption of nature.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. iv. §27 The troublesomness of the times.
1715 in D. D. Black Hist. Brechin (1839) 128 Taking into..consideration the troublesomeness of the times.
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1591 R. Turnbull Expos. Epist. St. Iames f. 167v Prosperous estate..which by brauling, contention and troublesomnes is hindered.
1657 in Eng. Hist. Rev. Oct. (1910) 727 Filled with passion and troublesomness of spirit.
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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > state of sea > [noun] > rough state or motion
roughc1400
troublesomeness1648
a bubble of a sea1839
smother1840
sea1927
milestone1946
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [noun] > stormy weather > storminess
troublenessc1380
anger1566
storminess1587
tempestuousness1648
troublesomeness1648
stormfulness1834
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck at Zee The troublesomenesse or the swelling of the Sea.
1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iv. ii. sig. Zzzz3 Exposed..to the troublesomness of sudden tempests.
1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 953 By the troublesomenesse of the air they are dispersed hither and thither.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > [noun]
sorec888
teeneOE
sorrowOE
workOE
wrakeOE
careOE
gramec1000
harmOE
howc1000
trayOE
woweOE
angec1175
derfnessc1175
sytec1175
unwinc1175
wosithc1200
ail?c1225
barrat?c1225
derf?c1225
grief?c1225
misease?c1225
misliking?c1225
ofthinkingc1225
passion?c1225
troublec1230
pinec1275
distress1297
grievancea1300
penancea1300
cumbermentc1300
languorc1300
cumbering1303
were1303
angera1325
strifea1325
sweama1325
woea1325
painc1330
tribulationc1330
illa1340
threst1340
constraintc1374
troublenessc1380
afflictiona1382
bruisinga1382
miseasetya1382
pressurec1384
exercisec1386
miscomfortc1390
mislikea1400
smarta1400
thronga1400
balec1400
painfulnessc1400
troublancec1400
smartness?c1425
painliness1435
perplexity?a1439
penalty?1462
calamity1490
penality1496
cumber?a1513
sussy1513
tribule1513
afflict?1529
vexation of spirit1535
troublesomeness1561
hoe1567
grievedness1571
tribulance1575
languishment1576
thrall1578
tine1590
languorment1593
aggrievedness1594
obturbation1623
afflictedness1646
erumny1657
pathos1684
shock1705
dree1791
vex1815
wrungnessa1875
dukkha1886
thinkache1892
sufferation1976
the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > tribulation, trouble, or affliction
teeneOE
harmOE
sourc1000
trayOE
angec1175
wosithc1200
ail?c1225
barrat?c1225
misease?c1225
passion?c1225
troublec1230
sorenessc1275
grievancea1300
cumbermentc1300
cumbering1303
thro1303
angera1325
strifea1325
sweama1325
encumbrancec1330
tribulationc1330
threst1340
mischiefa1375
pressc1375
unhend1377
miseasetya1382
angernessc1390
molestc1390
troublancec1400
notea1425
miseasenessc1450
cumber?a1513
tribule1513
unseasonableness?1523
troublesomeness1561
tribulance1575
tine1590
trials and tribulations1591
pressure1648
difficulty1667
hell to pay1758
dree1791
trial and tribulation1792
Queer Street1811
Sturm und Drang1857
a thin time1924
shit1929
crap1932
shtook1936
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) ii. x. 202 He suffered much troublesomenesse by his childrens wives.
1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) ii. Pref. 47 Troublesomenesse or disquietnesse of the soule.
a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) xxvi. 44 To inflict disquietment and troublesomenesse upon men in their labour.
3. The quality of giving trouble; vexatiousness, annoying character; toilsomeness; oppressiveness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > annoying or vexatious quality
uneasiness1387
noyfulnessa1398
troublousness1530
irksomeness1533
troublesomeness1548
molestiousness1559
sturtsomenessa1586
incommodiousnessa1631
gallingness1647
vexatiousness1650
annoyingness1864
jarringness1865
peskiness1869
tryingness1897
bastardism1993
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. xii. 74 Offended with this importunitie and troublesumnes.
1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 79 The troublesomnesse of labor.
1630 J. Taylor Heauens Blessing in Wks. iii. 116/1 For the auoyding of the troublesomenesse of Boats and Wherries.
1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. i. i. 6 Even grammarians derive..summer from a root which points out the troublesomeness of its heats.
1787 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Norfolk I. 375 Many farmers,..dislike the noise and troublesomeness of these animals.
1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel I. i. 5 With the air of a sinner who gloried in her troublesomeness.
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