Trou·ble, n.
1. The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation; uneasiness; vexation; calamity.
Lest the fiend . . . some new trouble raise. --Milton.
Foul whisperings are abroad; unnatural deeds
Do breed unnatural troubles. --Shak.
2. That which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation; that which afflicts.
3. Mining A fault or interruption in a stratum.
To get into trouble, to get into difficulty or danger. [Colloq.]
To take the trouble, to be at the pains; to exert one's self; to give one's self inconvenience.
She never took the trouble to close them. --Bryant.
Syn: -- Affliction; disturbance; perplexity; annoyance; molestation; vexation; inconvenience; calamity; misfortune; adversity; embarrassment; anxiety; sorrow; misery.
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