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troubled

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verb

past tense of trouble

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Recent Examples of troubled
Adjective
The Oscar-winning actor, 44, starred in the USA Network series as troubled computer hacker Elliot Alderson for four seasons from 2015 to 2019. Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025 Plagued by delays and rumors of a troubled set, the film was expected to flop. Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
Mamoru Hosoda is troubled by a world where children die. Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025 Johnson’s tight friendship with Bukele troubled top State Department officials in the Biden administration, who asked his successor, Jean Manes, to look into the firing of the contractor. T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for troubled
Recent Examples of Synonyms for troubled
Adjective
  • Emma Donoghue’s Room, which continues to haunt worried parents everywhere?
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
  • There also are those worried about player and staff safety as rowdy revelers stomp onto the field.
    Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Or maybe he was just disturbed by my current condition.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Wasps will become aggravated if their nest is disturbed, so it's not recommended to knock down the nest.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Madison is upset that Joe doesn’t seem that affected or eager to comfort her; meanwhile, Joe’s internally feeling like that one picture of Nicole Kidman.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The Barbz were upset with Nicki’s cancellation, and some pleaded with her to take a break from social media.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • His humongous gourd weighed a staggering 2,346 pounds.
    Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Privately, party officials admit that fear of a snap poll weighed heavily in their choice with the PS risking the loss of seats in a political landscape polarized between the far right and the hard left.
    Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Hailey, usually the more anxious one, was struck when her typically calm husband brought it up first.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Volunteers became depressed, irritable, anxious, and withdrawn.
    Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Craig, also from Staten Island, told Fox News Digital he is not bothered by seeing children.
    Ashley J. DiMella, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Stolarz tossed the net out of his way to go after Marchment for crashing into him during the second period, but he wasn’t bothered by the encroachment after the fact.
    Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Each new round of tariffs rattles markets and makes investors more nervous about what the White House might do next.
    Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
  • When Wright first reached out to Hall, Hall was nervous about working with the shelter.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • How often have you been inconvenienced or downright victimized by cybercrime?
    Rick Bennett, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Although the subsequent road closures inconvenienced a small, vocal minority – among them DJ Diplo and comedian Chris Rock ‒ most attendees happily splashed through the mud until the roads dried up.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025

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“Troubled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troubled. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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