as in agitator
a person who causes trouble; a person who creates problems or difficulties involving other people
He had the reputation of being a troublemaker in high school.
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Recent Examples of troublemaker
The Hooligan Who Rewrote the Rules Kea parrots are already famous for being troublemakers.
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Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
Climate troublemaker El Niño can cause heat waves, droughts and flooding around the world.
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Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026
And then there’s that bag stuffed with cash and drugs, the real troublemaker.
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Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
Their bid to cash in on the find quickly unravels into a dangerous pursuit, as smugglers and rivals close in and an unlikely band of companions, including a resourceful fish vendor and a volatile local troublemaker, get swept up in the mayhem.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2026
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Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
Climate troublemaker El Niño can cause heat waves, droughts and flooding around the world.
—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026
And then there’s that bag stuffed with cash and drugs, the real troublemaker.
—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
Their bid to cash in on the find quickly unravels into a dangerous pursuit, as smugglers and rivals close in and an unlikely band of companions, including a resourceful fish vendor and a volatile local troublemaker, get swept up in the mayhem.
—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for troublemaker
Noun
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The series was meant to have a three-season arc, now cut short, despite a cliffhanger tease of what was to come at the end of season 1.
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They are all stuffed into selections from the adults-only section of a Spirit Halloween store and made to perform amateur strip teases for their fellow Islanders — all strapped to heart-rate monitors — to see who can raise whose heart rate the most.
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Still, the star did not name her harassers.
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Most harassers do not harass others in front of someone else.
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The majority of speakers at Tuesday’s board meeting urged the board not to allow online agitators to dictate personnel decisions.
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In recent years, agitators have fueled anti-immigration street violence following crimes committed by, or falsely reported to have been committed by, immigrants.
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Five years ago, with only a few teaser clips delivered by final-cut holder Rinsch, Netflix washed its digital hands of White Horse/Conquest.
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Laika Studios released an extended teaser back in May, which has racked up nearly 90 million views.
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Which is why this opinion piece speculates that the spending effect of growth in the form of high demand for all things Swift and World Cup is a relative growth somnolent as opposed to an instigator.
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The parents, arguably the film’s first instigators, operate based off fear of their children’s sexuality.
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“Troublemaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troublemaker. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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