Synonyms: trouble, difficulty
Definition: an effort that is inconvenient
Usage: I went to a lot of trouble; he won without any trouble; had difficulty walking; finished the test only with great difficulty
Similar words: effort, elbow grease, travail, sweat, exertion
Definition: use of physical or mental energy; hard work
Usage: he got an A for effort; they managed only with great exertion
Definition: a source of difficulty
Usage: one trouble after another delayed the job; what's the problem?
Similar words: difficulty
Definition: a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result
Usage: serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent
Synonyms: trouble
Definition: an event causing distress or pain
Usage: what is the trouble?; heart trouble
Similar words: natural event, occurrence, occurrent, happening
Definition: an event that happens
Synonyms: hassle, fuss, trouble, bother
Definition: an angry disturbance
Usage: he didn't want to make a fuss; they had labor trouble; a spot of bother
Similar words: perturbation, disturbance
Definition: activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
Usage: the term `distress' connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset; he looked around for the source of the disturbance; there was a disturbance of neural function
Definition: a strong feeling of anxiety
Usage: his worry over the prospect of being fired; it is not work but worry that kills; he wanted to die and end his troubles
Similar words: anxiety
Definition: a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune
Synonyms: trouble
Definition: an unwanted pregnancy
Usage: he got several girls in trouble
Similar words: pregnancy, maternity, gestation
Definition: the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
Definition: cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
Synonyms: distract, disorder, disquiet, perturb, trouble, unhinge, cark
Definition: disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
Usage: She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
Similar words: trouble, disturb, upset
Definition: move deeply
Usage: This book upset me; A troubling thought
Synonyms: trouble, disturb, upset
Definition: move deeply
Usage: This book upset me; A troubling thought
Similar words: affect, strike, move, impress
Definition: have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
Usage: This child impressed me as unusually mature; This behavior struck me as odd
Synonyms: bother, trouble, trouble oneself, inconvenience oneself
Definition: take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
Usage: He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday; Don't bother, please
Similar words: strain, strive, reach
Definition: to exert much effort or energy
Usage: straining our ears to hear
Synonyms: incommode, inconvenience, trouble, bother, discommode, disoblige, put out
Definition: to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
Usage: Sorry to trouble you, but...
Similar words: touch, touch on, impact, affect, bear on, bear upon
Definition: have an effect upon
Usage: Will the new rules affect me?