troubled

1. 1.

   characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need

   “troubled areas”

   “fell into a troubled sleep”

   “a troubled expression”

   “troubled teenagers”

   Antonymsuntroubled

   Similarannoyedanxiousbuffetedcarefulcare-ladencloudeddisquieteddistressed
2. 2.

   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”

   Synonymsdisruptiveriotoustumultuousturbulent

   Similarunquiet

Other forms of troubled

comparative

troubledder·

superlative

troubleddest·

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.

Questions about troubled

What does troubled mean?

troubled means "characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in troubled?

troubled has 2 syllables: troub-led. The stress falls on "troub". In IPA it is /ˈtɹʌbəld/.

What is another word for troubled?

Close synonyms include disruptive, riotous, tumultuous, turbulent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of troubled?

The recorded antonyms are untroubled.

Is troubled a common word?

troubled is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with troubled?

1 word rhymes with troubled. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.