as in disturbing
causing worry or anxiety
the troublesome news that there will be more cuts in the school budget
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Recent Examples of troublesome
The troublesome Houston zone was a coaching point during Thursday’s practice.
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Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Refusing to take responsibility for actions, shifting blame, and dismissing your feelings are all troublesome signs of a lack of accountability.
—Christina Pérez, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2025
It’s advised to create accounts on both apps—WeChat and Alipay—well before your trip, as registering within China can be troublesome.
—Chris Schalkx, AFAR Media, 22 May 2025
The most troublesome loan in Donald Trump’s empire, a $115 million mortgage against a Wall Street skyscraper, comes due in exactly 46 days.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
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Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Refusing to take responsibility for actions, shifting blame, and dismissing your feelings are all troublesome signs of a lack of accountability.
—Christina Pérez, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2025
It’s advised to create accounts on both apps—WeChat and Alipay—well before your trip, as registering within China can be troublesome.
—Chris Schalkx, AFAR Media, 22 May 2025
The most troublesome loan in Donald Trump’s empire, a $115 million mortgage against a Wall Street skyscraper, comes due in exactly 46 days.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for troublesome
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The withdrawn teen obsessively draws dark spiders in class and shows a disturbing fixation on news reports of school shootings.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
6 June 2025
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His disturbing legacy drew the attention of filmmaker and former HBO executive Kary Antholis, who had followed the case for decades.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
4 June 2025
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Human Parallels: Our Bias Toward Confident Eloquence Perhaps most unsettling is how closely this AI limitation mirrors a persistent human cognitive bias.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Graham says the casting team had considered looking for an older boy, given the demands of the role and the show’s unsettling subject matter.—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2025
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Furthermore, the occurrence is arguably even more troubling since newer vehicles have become so reliant on software for driving features.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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Most troubling is a lack of true concern or remedies for a huge problem for America, our national debt, and the service on that $36 trillion debt, which amounts to almost a trillion dollars a year.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
6 June 2025
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And some erratic vibrations were detected at points last week as the stark outperformance of year-to-date laggards over the top 2025 performers prompted some comparisons to the nasty momentum-stock reversal of February and March that upset the market well before the tariff panic.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
14 June 2025
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She quickly gets embroiled in a nasty war of blackmail and stalking, and with the help of an unscrupulous life coach, matters escalate way too far.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
13 June 2025
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Critics of the administration’s tactics, including former Homeland Security officials, said the White House’s strategy boils down to frightening immigrants into leaving on their own.—
Andrea Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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The frightening incident unfolded aboard Royal Caribbean's Symphony of the Seas cruise ship on June 8.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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“Troublesome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troublesome. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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