Definition of troublemaker
:a person who consciously or unconsciously causes trouble
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Examples of troublemaker in a Sentence
He had the reputation of being a troublemaker in high school.
Recent Examples of troublemaker from the Web
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He and his colleagues also hope to examine troublemaker crocs that have been euthanized near the park to find out whether the animals are fertile.
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Instead, Trump said there were troublemakers and good people on both sides.
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Troublemaker is formulated with the intent of giving your lashes both serious volume and length without flaking or going limp.
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But two anti-establishment troublemakers entered the race against him.
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In the case of Facebook(fb, -0.41%), the troublemakers create ads or posts with links that take Facebook’s review team to websites that follow the company’s guidelines.
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It was immediately confronted by the ubiquitous troublemaker for aggressive corporate issuers, Covenant Review, which flagged language in the credit agreement being shopped around.
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In some countries, the question would land you in a dossier of troublemakers.
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Maurice Sendak regaled generations of young readers with Where the Wild Things Are, his beloved 1963 picture book about a little troublemaker who sails off to a land of monsters.
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First Known Use of troublemaker
circa 1914
TROUBLEMAKER Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of troublemaker for English Language Learners
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: a person who causes trouble : a person who creates problems or difficulties involving other people
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