troublingn.
/ˈtrʌblɪŋ/ The action of trouble v., or an instance of this (in various senses).
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > specifically of liquids or air
troublingc1340
walming?1527
sedition1635
boil1813
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [noun] > action or quality of upsetting
sturbing?c1225
sturblingc1330
troublingc1340
perturbationa1382
oversettinga1398
stroublinga1400
perturbancec1425
unresting?c1450
inquieting1527
disquieting1535
disquietment1606
discomfita1616
rufflement1806
discomfiture1885
upsettingness1922
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > [noun]
troublec1230
troublingc1340
troublancec1400
troublement1484
fretting1526
maceration1616
troubledness1631
heartburn1747
bother1761
embroil1799
worry1804
worrit1818
botherment1821
worriment1833
worriting1845
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > action of annoying or vexing
annoyingc1330
troublingc1340
displeasinga1387
noyance?a1400
irkingc1400
annoyancec1405
noyancy1414
vexing?a1425
annoyment1607
displeasanting1628
ruffling1647
gratinga1716
narking1894
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
the world > matter > liquid > [noun] > qualities of liquid > turbidity or muddiness
drublinessc1440
troubledness?1527
troubliness?1527
mudding1632
muddinessa1667
turbidness1676
turbidity1782
turbescency1834
troubling1842
c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. 17 A fantasie caused of trubblyng of þe brayne.
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) iv. met. ii. 92 Trowblable [Add. MS. troublable] Ire þat arayseth in hym the floodes of trwblynges tormentith..hyr thowht.
c1400 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (1907) 92 With moche noyse and turblynge prayer wil not wele and deuoutly be seide.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) vii. 23 Þer es na trubling of þe aer thurgh raynes.
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 97 Þe feend..louyth dyscord & trubelyng of pes.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 283/1 Troublyng of ones mynde, distraction.
1611 Bible (King James) John v. 4 Whosoeuer then first after the troubling of the water stepped in, was made whole. View more context for this quotation
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 208 I thinke they would not haue denied vs wine,..yet to auoide troubling of them, my selfe and my brother carried some flaggons of rich wine.
1842 E. A. Parnell Elements Chem. Anal. (1845) 44 A faint troubling in strong solutions.
1878 F. Ferguson Pop. Life Christ xviii. 174 The medicinal properties..would be intensified at the time of the periodical natural troublings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
troublingadj.
That troubles; causing trouble.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective] > annoying or vexatious
angeeOE
swinkfuleOE
plightlyOE
teenfulOE
contrariousc1320
drefa1325
troublinga1325
despitousa1340
thornya1340
discomfortablec1350
troublablec1374
noyousa1382
noyfulc1384
diseasy1387
angrya1393
painful1395
hackinga1400
annoying?c1400
annoyousc1400
cumbrousc1400
teenc1400
annoyfulc1405
sputousc1420
diseasefula1425
molest?a1425
noying?a1425
noisomea1450
grievingc1450
tedious?1454
troublous1463
noisantc1475
displeasant1481
strouble1488
nuisant1494
noyanta1500
irksome1513
sturting1513
molestious1524
vexatious1534
cumbersome1535
uncommodious1541
spiteful1548
vexing?1548
incommodious1551
molestous1555
diseasing1558
grating1563
pestilent1565
sturtsome1570
molestuousa1572
troublesome1573
murrain1575
discommodable1579
galling1583
spiny1586
unsupportable1586
troubleful1588
plaguey1594
distressingc1595
molestful1596
molesting1598
vexful1598
fretful1603
briery1604
bemadding1608
mortifying1611
tiry1611
distressfula1616
irking1629
angersome1649
disobliging1652
discomforting1654
incomfortable1655
incommode1672
ruffling1680
unconvenient1683
pestifying1716
trying1718
offending1726
bothering1765
pesky1775
weary1785
sturty1788
unaccommodating1790
tiresome1798
werriting1808
bothersome1817
plaguesome1828
pestilential1833
fretsome1834
languorous1834
pesty1834
pestersome1843
nettlesome1845
miserable1850
niggling1854
distempering1855
be-maddeninga1861
nattery1873
nagging1883
pestiferous1890
trouble-giving1893
maddening1896
molestive1905
nuisancy1906
balls-aching?1912
nuisance1922
nattering1949
noodgy1969
dickheaded1991
dickish1991
cockish1996
a1325 Prose Psalter li[i]. 4 Þou louedest alle trubland wordes.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Troublynge, angens.
a1684 R. Leighton Pract. Comm. 1st Epist. Peter (1694) II. 445 The troubling cares of men are all about things that are such that have no necessity in them.
1851 T. T. Lynch Sabbath Medit. in Lett. to Scattered (1872) 157 A third troubling thought.
1872 W. D. Howells Their Wedding Journey iii. 57 They disposed of their troubling bags and packages.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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