troublousadj.

Brit.

/ˈtrʌbləs/, U.S.

/ˈtrəbləs/

Forms: see trouble n.; also Middle English -ose, -ows, ( -es, -ys, Middle English–1500s -is), 1500s -us.

Etymology: < Old French troubleus, -eux, torbleus (12th cent. in Godefroy), < trouble trouble n.: see -ous suffix.

Now only literary or archaic.

†1. Of water or other liquid: Troubled, turbid, thick, muddy. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > [adjective] > qualities of liquid > cloudy or opaque > specific muddy or turbid

druvya1300

drublya1340

oozya1398

feculent1471

troublous1495

mudlya1500

drumlya1522

troublish?1527

puddled1559

puddly1559

suddy1587

muddy1590

droumy1605

muddled1624

turbid1626

turbidous1628

puddlish1633

muddied1642

scuddy1797

roily1823

blundered1855

jumbly1864

mudded1898

1495 Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. (W. de W.) xviii. xxxix. cc vj/2 The horse..hath lykynge..to drynke trowblous [MS. troubly] and thycke water.

1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Bij Other lyquor..which ye wyl puryfye from all trowblous and vnclere substaunces.

1544 T. Phaer Of Pestilence (1553) L viij Thick wyne and troubleous.

a. Characterized by trouble, agitation, or disturbance; disordered, disturbed, unsettled, confused.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [adjective]

unquietc1384

troublousc1449

peaceless1522

troublesome1548

strifeful1621

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [adjective]

troublousc1449

unquiet?1520

troublesome1548

tumultuous1548

disturbed1593

hurly-burly1598

wild1600

unsettled1605

routing1634

tumultuary1650

dissettled1673

embroiled1709

weltering1831

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 318 Lijk troubelose tyme was in Ierusalem.

1555 J. Bale in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. xxxix. 107 The state of our Church..is troublous at this present.

a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 363 That Troublous Times are the Seasons of Honour, and that a Warlike-Field is the Seed-Plot of great and Heroical Actions.

1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iv. 193 There are long troublous periods, before matters come to a settlement.

1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 599 The millions..live their calm or troublous day.

b. Of persons or their attributes: Causing disturbance; turbulent, disorderly; restless, unquiet.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [adjective] > of disposition

troublousc1485

troublesome1552

unpacifica1750

dispeaceful1892

trouble-making1920

c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 1611 Thow froward Kyng, trobelows and wood.

1530 [see troublousness n. at Derivatives].

1550 H. Latimer Moste Faithfull Serm. before Kynges Maiestye sig. Bviii^v That he was a sedicious fellowe, and a troublous precher.

1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic I. ii. vi. 501 Troublous and adventurous spirits, men of broken fortunes..and boundless desires.

c. Of the sea, wind, etc.: Tempestuous, stormy, violent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > body of water > moving water > [adjective] > agitated

troublous1482

troublesome1560

broken1793

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > stormy

reigheOE

stormya1200

wilda1250

troublec1374

rougha1400

stormishc1430

rude?a1439

boistous1470

troublous1482

wair?a1500

tempestuous1509

blusterous1548

rugged1549

stormful1558

troublesome1560

turbulent1573

ruggy1577

rufflered1582

oragious?1590

boisterous?1594

broily1594

unruly1594

procellousa1629

gurly1718

coarse1774

ugly1844

1482 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) 123 Here was noon passage..the wynd was so contrary and the see soo trublys.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xlviij The wynde was troblous and the wether foule.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 306 The sea is..rough, and troublous.

1747 W. Collins Odes 38 Winter yelling thro' the troublous Air.

1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 364 He hunts the storms, and swims through troublous clouds.

a. Causing trouble or grief; painful, grievous; vexatious, troublesome.

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

1463 G. Ashby Prisoner's Refl. 250 With hys trowbelous hurt.

1465 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 317 I..trost..that ye shall ouercome your enemys and your trobelows maters.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xiv. 21 I sende my foure troublous plages vpon Ierusalem: the swearde, honger, perlous beestes and pestilence.

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋273 A difficulty of breathing, troublous to life.

1747 J. Upton New Canto Spenser's F.Q. xxii Bowers, that exclude the troublous Light.

1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times IV. li. 79 Mr. Walpole took on himself the management of the Home Office, little knowing what a troublous business he had brought upon his shoulders.

†b. Expressing or indicating trouble or grief; sad, sorrowful. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adjective]

sorelyc888

gramec893

sorrowfuleOE

unblithec897

sorryeOE

carefulOE

charyOE

sickOE

yomerOE

sorry-moodOE

sweerc1000

yomerlyOE

sorrilyOE

woea1200

balec1220

sorry?c1225

sorec1275

gremefula1300

sada1300

ruthlyc1300

thoughtfulc1300

woebegonea1325

heavyc1330

grievousc1374

woefula1375

sorrowya1382

dereful?a1400

sorousa1400

sytefula1400

teenfula1400

wrotha1400

balefulc1400

tristy?c1400

tristc1420

dolefulc1430

wapped in woec1440

yhevidc1440

dolenta1450

condolentc1460

discomforted1477

tristfula1492

sorrow1496

dram?a1513

dolorous1513

earnful?1527

troublous1535

amort1546

mournfula1558

passioned1560

sadded1566

tristive1578

distressed1586

passionate1586

sorrowed1596

distressful1601

passionful1605

sighful1606

contristed1625

anguishinga1642

sadful1658

saddened1665

tristitious1694

sick as a parrot1705

pangful1727

woesome1778

grieving1807

ruesome1833

yearned1838

doleant1861

mournsome1869

thoughted1869

tragical1887

grief-stricken1905

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective]

carefulOE

charyOE

mourningOE

sorrowingOE

sorryOE

balec1220

heavy?c1225

ruefulc1225

ruthfulc1225

sorrowful?c1225

dolefulc1275

plaintivea1393

complainingc1430

lamentable?a1475

plaining?c1475

dolent1490

lamentatious1532

troublous1535

plaintfula1542

dirge-like1561

yearnfula1566

waymenting1573

mestive1575

lamentatory1576

mestful1577

wailful1579

lamentinga1586

weepy1602

deplorative1610

deploringa1616

gement1656

condolent1691

dirgeful1793

dirgy1830

lamentful1876

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Kings viii. 11 The man of God loked earnestly, & made a troublous countenaunce, & wepte.

1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. I5^v As when an heard of lusty Cymbrian Buls..Fill all the aire with troublous bellowing.

Derivatives

ˈtroublously adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adverb] > in annoying or vexatious manner

noyfully1395

annoyously?c1400

noyously1483

troublously1538

uncommodiously1545

wretchedly1546

irksomely1549

incommodiously1551

troublesomely1591

vexingly1599

cumbersomely1611

vexatiously1642

discomfortably1653

importunely1658

gratingly1683

mortifyingly1748

distressingly1786

gallingly1802

annoyingly1806

peskily1833

pesky1833

tryingly1841

discomfortingly1869

balls-achingly1972

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > state of sea > [adverb] > violently

troublously1538

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [adverb]

unquietly?1518

troubledly1599

disquietly?1608

incomposedly1615

discomposedly1662

disturbedly1731

agitatedly1803

restless1810

disorderly1811

restlessly1847

disquietedly1857

discomfortably1873

inquietly1893

troublously1897

disconcertedly1909

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Fluctuation, troublously, doubtfully.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xii. 106 To bee troubleously vexed with the care of suche thynges is a poynte..of mystrustfulnesse towardes god.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie S 559 The sea riseth vp troublouslye with great Sourges, vnda exæstuat vorticibus, Virgil.

1897 F. Thompson New Poems 6 Their orbs are troublously Over-gloomed.

ˈtroublousness n.

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

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) i. 45 When goddes seruantes ar besy..in hys seruyce; they [sc. bad felowes] with theyre vanyte or troubelousnes pulle downe theyre myndes.

1574 St. Avstens Manuell in Certaine Prayers S. Augustines Medit. sig. Pi^v Let the troubleousnesse of the flesh cease.

1846 H. W. Torrens Remarks Uses Mil. Hist. 179 His worst troublousness had something quiescent in it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	troublous
释义	troublousadj. Brit. /ˈtrʌbləs/, U.S. /ˈtrəbləs/ Forms: see trouble n.; also Middle English -ose, -ows, ( -es, -ys, Middle English–1500s -is), 1500s -us. Etymology: < Old French troubleus, -eux, torbleus (12th cent. in Godefroy), < trouble trouble n.: see -ous suffix. Now only literary or archaic. †1. Of water or other liquid: Troubled, turbid, thick, muddy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > [adjective] > qualities of liquid > cloudy or opaque > specific muddy or turbid druvya1300 drublya1340 oozya1398 feculent1471 troublous1495 mudlya1500 drumlya1522 troublish?1527 puddled1559 puddly1559 suddy1587 muddy1590 droumy1605 muddled1624 turbid1626 turbidous1628 puddlish1633 muddied1642 scuddy1797 roily1823 blundered1855 jumbly1864 mudded1898 1495 Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. (W. de W.) xviii. xxxix. cc vj/2 The horse..hath lykynge..to drynke trowblous [MS. troubly] and thycke water. 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Bij Other lyquor..which ye wyl puryfye from all trowblous and vnclere substaunces. 1544 T. Phaer Of Pestilence (1553) L viij Thick wyne and troubleous. 2. a. Characterized by trouble, agitation, or disturbance; disordered, disturbed, unsettled, confused. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [adjective] unquietc1384 troublousc1449 peaceless1522 troublesome1548 strifeful1621 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [adjective] troublousc1449 unquiet?1520 troublesome1548 tumultuous1548 disturbed1593 hurly-burly1598 wild1600 unsettled1605 routing1634 tumultuary1650 dissettled1673 embroiled1709 weltering1831 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 318 Lijk troubelose tyme was in Ierusalem. 1555 J. Bale in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. xxxix. 107 The state of our Church..is troublous at this present. a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 363 That Troublous Times are the Seasons of Honour, and that a Warlike-Field is the Seed-Plot of great and Heroical Actions. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iv. 193 There are long troublous periods, before matters come to a settlement. 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 599 The millions..live their calm or troublous day. b. Of persons or their attributes: Causing disturbance; turbulent, disorderly; restless, unquiet. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [adjective] > of disposition troublousc1485 troublesome1552 unpacifica1750 dispeaceful1892 trouble-making1920 c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 1611 Thow froward Kyng, trobelows and wood. 1530 [see troublousness n. at Derivatives]. 1550 H. Latimer Moste Faithfull Serm. before Kynges Maiestye sig. Bviii^v That he was a sedicious fellowe, and a troublous precher. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic I. ii. vi. 501 Troublous and adventurous spirits, men of broken fortunes..and boundless desires. c. Of the sea, wind, etc.: Tempestuous, stormy, violent. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > body of water > moving water > [adjective] > agitated troublous1482 troublesome1560 broken1793 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > stormy reigheOE stormya1200 wilda1250 troublec1374 rougha1400 stormishc1430 rude?a1439 boistous1470 troublous1482 wair?a1500 tempestuous1509 blusterous1548 rugged1549 stormful1558 troublesome1560 turbulent1573 ruggy1577 rufflered1582 oragious?1590 boisterous?1594 broily1594 unruly1594 procellousa1629 gurly1718 coarse1774 ugly1844 1482 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) 123 Here was noon passage..the wynd was so contrary and the see soo trublys. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xlviij The wynde was troblous and the wether foule. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 306 The sea is..rough, and troublous. 1747 W. Collins Odes 38 Winter yelling thro' the troublous Air. 1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 364 He hunts the storms, and swims through troublous clouds. 3. a. Causing trouble or grief; painful, grievous; vexatious, troublesome. 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 1463 G. Ashby Prisoner's Refl. 250 With hys trowbelous hurt. 1465 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 317 I..trost..that ye shall ouercome your enemys and your trobelows maters. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xiv. 21 I sende my foure troublous plages vpon Ierusalem: the swearde, honger, perlous beestes and pestilence. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋273 A difficulty of breathing, troublous to life. 1747 J. Upton New Canto Spenser's F.Q. xxii Bowers, that exclude the troublous Light. 1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times IV. li. 79 Mr. Walpole took on himself the management of the Home Office, little knowing what a troublous business he had brought upon his shoulders. †b. Expressing or indicating trouble or grief; sad, sorrowful. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adjective] sorelyc888 gramec893 sorrowfuleOE unblithec897 sorryeOE carefulOE charyOE sickOE yomerOE sorry-moodOE sweerc1000 yomerlyOE sorrilyOE woea1200 balec1220 sorry?c1225 sorec1275 sorec1275 gremefula1300 sada1300 ruthlyc1300 thoughtfulc1300 woebegonea1325 heavyc1330 grievousc1374 woefula1375 sorrowya1382 dereful?a1400 sorousa1400 sytefula1400 teenfula1400 wrotha1400 balefulc1400 tristy?c1400 tristc1420 dolefulc1430 wapped in woec1440 yhevidc1440 dolenta1450 condolentc1460 discomforted1477 tristfula1492 sorrow1496 dram?a1513 dolorous1513 earnful?1527 troublous1535 amort1546 mournfula1558 passioned1560 sadded1566 tristive1578 distressed1586 passionate1586 sorrowed1596 distressful1601 passionful1605 sighful1606 contristed1625 anguishinga1642 sadful1658 saddened1665 tristitious1694 sick as a parrot1705 pangful1727 woesome1778 grieving1807 ruesome1833 yearned1838 doleant1861 mournsome1869 thoughted1869 tragical1887 grief-stricken1905 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective] carefulOE charyOE mourningOE sorrowingOE sorryOE balec1220 heavy?c1225 ruefulc1225 ruthfulc1225 sorrowful?c1225 dolefulc1275 plaintivea1393 complainingc1430 lamentable?a1475 plaining?c1475 dolent1490 lamentatious1532 troublous1535 plaintfula1542 dirge-like1561 yearnfula1566 waymenting1573 mestive1575 lamentatory1576 mestful1577 wailful1579 lamentinga1586 weepy1602 deplorative1610 deploringa1616 gement1656 condolent1691 dirgeful1793 dirgy1830 lamentful1876 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Kings viii. 11 The man of God loked earnestly, & made a troublous countenaunce, & wepte. 1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. I5^v As when an heard of lusty Cymbrian Buls..Fill all the aire with troublous bellowing. Derivatives ˈtroublously adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adverb] > in annoying or vexatious manner noyfully1395 annoyously?c1400 noyously1483 troublously1538 uncommodiously1545 wretchedly1546 irksomely1549 incommodiously1551 troublesomely1591 vexingly1599 cumbersomely1611 vexatiously1642 discomfortably1653 importunely1658 gratingly1683 mortifyingly1748 distressingly1786 gallingly1802 annoyingly1806 peskily1833 pesky1833 tryingly1841 discomfortingly1869 balls-achingly1972 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > state of sea > [adverb] > violently troublously1538 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [adverb] unquietly?1518 troubledly1599 disquietly?1608 incomposedly1615 discomposedly1662 disturbedly1731 agitatedly1803 restless1810 disorderly1811 restlessly1847 disquietedly1857 discomfortably1873 inquietly1893 troublously1897 disconcertedly1909 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Fluctuation, troublously, doubtfully. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xii. 106 To bee troubleously vexed with the care of suche thynges is a poynte..of mystrustfulnesse towardes god. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie S 559 The sea riseth vp troublouslye with great Sourges, vnda exæstuat vorticibus, Virgil. 1897 F. Thompson New Poems 6 Their orbs are troublously Over-gloomed. ˈtroublousness n. 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 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) i. 45 When goddes seruantes ar besy..in hys seruyce; they [sc. bad felowes] with theyre vanyte or troubelousnes pulle downe theyre myndes. 1574 St. Avstens Manuell in Certaine Prayers S. Augustines Medit. sig. Pi^v Let the troubleousnesse of the flesh cease. 1846 H. W. Torrens Remarks Uses Mil. Hist. 179 His worst troublousness had something quiescent in it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1449
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