Definition of troubled Troubled

/tɹʌˈbʌld/ - [trubuld] -

We found 5 definitions of troubled from 4 different sources.

What does troubled mean?

WordNet

Adjective troubled, troubledder, troubleddest
troubled - characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need; "troubled areas"; "fell into a troubled sleep"; "a troubled expression"; "troubled teenagers"
		untroubled free from turmoil or worries; "untroubled times"
		concerned feeling or showing worry or solicitude; "concerned parents of youthful offenders"; "was concerned about the future"; "we feel concerned about accomplishing the task at hand"; "greatly concerned not to disappoint a small child"
		unquiet characterized by unrest or disorder; "unquiet days of riots"; "following the assassination of Martin Luter King ours was an unquiet nation"; "spent an unquiet night tossing and turning"
		harassed, harried, pestered, annoyed, vexed aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay"
		anxious, unquiet, queasy, nervous, uneasy eagerly desirous; "anxious to see the new show at the museum"; "dying to hear who won"
		buffeted, storm-tossed, tempest-swept, tempest-tossed, tempest-tost pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities
		careful exercising caution or showing care or attention; "they were careful when crossing the busy street"; "be careful to keep her shoes clean"; "did very careful research"; "careful art restorers"; "careful of the rights of others"; "careful about one's behavior"
		care-laden, heavy-laden burdened by cares; "all ye that labor and are heavy-laden"-Matt.11:28
		clouded mentally disordered; "a mind clouded by sorrow"
		disquieted, worried, distressed, disturbed, upset afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children"
		hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way, distressed facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; "distressed companies need loans and technical advice"; "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"; "we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment"; "found themselves in a bad way financially"
		fraught filled with or attended with; "words fraught with meaning"; "an incident fraught with danger"; "a silence pregnant with suspense"
		hag-ridden, hagridden, tormented tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears; "hagridden...by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth"- C.S.Lewis
		haunted having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something; "became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle"; "was absolutely obsessed with the girl"; "got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children"; "he was taken up in worry for the old woman"
		mothy infested with moths
		stressed, distressed bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'"
		struggling engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity; "a financially struggling theater"; "struggling artists"
		suffering troubled by pain or loss; "suffering refugees"
troubled - 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"
		disruptive, riotous, tumultuous, turbulent
		unquiet characterized by unrest or disorder; "unquiet days of riots"; "following the assassination of Martin Luter King ours was an unquiet nation"; "spent an unquiet night tossing and turning"