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
Revered writers have also regularly tried their hand at another troublesome milestone, the Hollywood Novel.
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Peter Bart, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026
Copper is cheap, abundant, and highly conductive — but also chemically troublesome.
—Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 19 Jan. 2026
But there was one section of the Trust Act that was troublesome.
—Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2026
Now his troublesome elbow will keep him out for all of 2026 as Darvish in October underwent both an internal brace procedure on his ulnar collateral ligament and a flexor tendon repair.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for troublesome
Peter Bart, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026
Copper is cheap, abundant, and highly conductive — but also chemically troublesome.
—Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 19 Jan. 2026
But there was one section of the Trust Act that was troublesome.
—Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2026
Now his troublesome elbow will keep him out for all of 2026 as Darvish in October underwent both an internal brace procedure on his ulnar collateral ligament and a flexor tendon repair.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for troublesome
Recent Examples of Synonyms for troublesome
Adjective
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According to The Marshall Project, federal officers fired on at least nine people in their vehicles over a four-month period, evidence of a disturbing pattern.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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Zhang was quickly identified as a suspect based on her allegedly increasingly disturbing behavior, according to authorities.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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On the unsettling meme economy in the aftermath of violence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Uncertainty can be unsettling nonetheless.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Recent casting decisions around the character Zoe Gutierrez in A 24’s Deep Cuts have exposed a troubling pattern.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2026
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The last two days have forced me to take a very hard look at my own troubling flaws.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Microsoft took months to fix Remote Desktop disconnection issues, then shipped a Windows Update that wiped out Copilot, and released updates that duplicated the Task Manager and created a nasty system recovery bug.—
Tom Warren,
The Verge,
29 Jan. 2026
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Those might have increased here because of weak data, like the nasty drop in consumer confidence yesterday, or because of the expectation a new Fed chair will be more dovish.—
Kelly Evans,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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But that depiction was picked apart by a vast array of online onlookers, from law enforcement experts to ordinary Instagram users, some of whom replayed the videos frame by frame and zoomed in to show the episode in frightening detail.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
25 Jan. 2026
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The news this week that CPW employees are facing a variety of threats from radical elements in both groups of Coloradans strikes us as ironic sad — and frightening.—
The Denver Post Editorial Board,
Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Troublesome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troublesome. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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