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say it: TRUHB-uhld
troubled is an adjective meaning "characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need". It is pronounced /ˈtɹʌbəld/ — TRUHB-uhld. It carries 2 recorded senses.
characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need
“troubled areas”
“fell into a troubled sleep”
“a troubled expression”
“troubled teenagers”
characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
“effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive”
“riotous times”
“these troubled areas”
“the tumultuous years of his administration”
“a turbulent and unruly childhood”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for troubled come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.