troublemaking

English

Etymology

From trouble +‎ making.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈtɹʌb(ə)lmeɪkɪŋ/

Adjective

troublemaking (comparative more troublemaking, superlative most troublemaking)

1. Causing trouble.
   • 2005, Christopher Hitchens, "André Malraux: One Man's Fate", New York Times Book Review, 10 Apr 2005:

     Moving to Saignon in the mid-1920s, he helped to produce a troublemaking newspaper, L'Indochine, which ventilated the many complaints of the Vietnamese about forced labor, land expropriation, and police brutality.

Noun

troublemaking (uncountable)

1. Causing trouble; acting in a disruptive way
   • 2007 July 26, Anna Jane Grossman, “Is Junie B. Jones Talking Trash?”, New York Times:

     The spunky kindergartener (first grader in more recent volumes) is prone to troublemaking, often calls people names and isn’t averse to talking back to her teachers.

Related terms

• troublemaker