Disturbance of mind or feelings; worry, vexation; affliction; grief; perplexity; distress.

The action of trouble, v., or an instance of this (in various senses).

The action of troubling or state of being troubled; disturbance; trouble, sorrow, pain. (In later use only Scottish)

The act of troubling or condition of being troubled.

Vexation, worrying: an instance of this.

Fretting, vexation, worry; an instance of this. Obsolete.

The quality or condition of being troubled, disturbed, or disquieted; also, turbidity.

Originally: jealousy, resentment; rankling discontent; disappointment. Subsequently: worry, anxiety; concern, misgivings. Also (occasionally): an…

Trouble, difficulty; an instance of this. Cf. spot of bother at spot, n.1 23a.

Mental disturbance, ‘worry’.

A troubled state of mind arising from the frets and cares of life; harassing anxiety or solicitude.

A state of worry or mental distress; a fretting care or anxiety. Also, a person that worries others or himself.

A difficulty, a worry, a problem. Also as a mass noun: trouble, worry; fuss. Cf. bother, n. 1a.

The act of worrying or causing anxiety; the state of being worried or troubled in mind. Also, something that harasses or causes worry.