troublesome

English

Etymology

trouble +‎ -some

Pronunciation

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

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Adjective

troublesome (comparative more troublesome, superlative most troublesome)

1. Causing trouble or anxiety

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

   Synonyms: vexatious, burdensome, wearisome

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:annoying

Antonyms

• untroublesome
• nontroublesome

Translations

giving trouble

• Chinese:

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

  Min Nan: lo1so1, lui1-lui1-tui1-tui1, 啰嗦 (lo1-so1)

• 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
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• Japanese: 厄介 (ja) (やっかい, yakkai), 迷惑 (ja) (めいわく, meiwaku), 面倒 (めんどう, mendō)
• Khmer: យ៉ាប់ (km) (yap)
• Latin: molestus
• Maori: whangawhanga, whakatōwenewene
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sjenerende

• Polish: kłopotliwy (pl)
• Portuguese: problemático (pt), difícil (pt)
• Russian: беспоко́йный (ru) (bespokójnyj), хло́потный (ru) (xlópotnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: draghail
• Spanish: problemático (es) m, prolijo (es) m
• Westrobothnian: