troublesome

English

Etymology

trouble +‎ -some

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹʌbəlsəm/, /ˈtɹʌbl̩səm/

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• Rhymes: -ʌbəlsəm

Adjective

troublesome (comparative more troublesome, superlative most troublesome)

1. Causing trouble or anxiety

   Synonyms: vexatious, burdensome, wearisome

   The computer has been very troublesome for me. It never works when I need to use it.

   • 2022 June 15, Christian Wolmar, “What do the railways need and how can we fulfil that need?”, in RAIL, number 959, page 45:

     The problem is that the likes of Shapps and his boss Boris Johnson are eager for a fight with the unions. They are being deliberately provocative, so they can portray railway workers as 'troublesome trots'.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:annoying

Antonyms

• untroublesome
• nontroublesome

Translations

giving trouble

• Afrikaans: lastig
• Bulgarian: неприятен (bg) (neprijaten), досаден (bg) (dosaden)
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 囉嗦／啰嗦 (zh-min-nan) (lô-so), lui-lui-tui-tui

  Mandarin: 討厭／讨厌 (zh) (tǎoyàn), 煩人／烦人 (zh) (fánrén), 麻煩／麻烦 (zh) (máfan)

• Danish: generende
• Esperanto: ĝena
• Finnish: vaivalloinen (fi), hankala (fi), työläs (fi)
• French: gênant (fr), troublant (fr)
• Galician: problemático m
• German: lästig (de), leidig (de), problembeladen, problematisch (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὀχληρός (okhlērós), χαλεπός (khalepós), ἀργαλέος (argaléos)

• Hungarian: bajos (hu)
• Irish: aimpléiseach, trioblóideach
• Italian: problematico (it)
• Japanese: 厄介 (ja) (やっかい, yakkai), 迷惑 (ja) (めいわく, meiwaku), 面倒 (ja) (めんどう, mendō)
• Khmer: យ៉ាប់ (km) (yap)
• Latin: molestus
• Malay: susah (ms), menyusahkan
• Maori: whangawhanga, whakatōwenewene
• Middle English: noyous
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sjenerende

• Polish: kłopotliwy (pl)
• Portuguese: problemático (pt), difícil (pt)
• Russian: беспоко́йный (ru) (bespokójnyj), хло́потный (ru) (xlópotnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: draghail
• Spanish: problemático (es), prolijo (es)
• Swedish: besvärlig (sv)
• Welsh: helbulus (cy), trafferthus (cy)