Entry Word: troublesome

Function: adjective

Meaning: causing worry or anxiety <the troublesome news that there will be more cuts in the school budget>

Synonyms discomforting, discomposing, disquieting, distressing, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, troublous, unsettling, upsetting, worrisome

Related Words daunting, demoralizing, discomfiting, disconcerting, discouraging, disheartening, dismaying, dispiriting

Near Antonyms calming, quieting, settling, soothing

Antonyms reassuring, untroublesome