tsuris

noun

tsu·​ris ˈtsü-ris 

ˈtsu̇r-is

variants or less commonly tsouris or tsoris

ˈtsȯr-is 

: trouble, distress

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

But bringing his base onside would have further entangled Baker in the national tsuris over the identity of the Republican Party. —Kevin Mahnken, The New Republic, 10 Dec. 2021

And yet for all the behind-the-scenes tsuris, HBO Max is actually doing pretty damn well. —Josef Adalian, Vulture, 27 May 2021

The plummeting price of natural gas wasn’t worth this tsuris. —Robert Wilonsky, Dallas News, 28 Jan. 2020

There’s a lot of tsuris all over the place over the fact that Bernie Sanders and Amy Klobuchar will be putting on a show-pony debate next week on CNN with the Clueless Twins, Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy, on the subject of healthcare. —Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 22 Sep. 2017

From time to time, this causes tsuris for the Orthodox, who prefer religious law, which is that Judaism is traced only through the mother’s side. —Michael Powell, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2016

Word History

Etymology

Yiddish tsures, tsores, plural of tsure, tsore trouble, distress, from Hebrew ṣārāh

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above