What part of speech is troubling?

Troubling can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. troubling is a verb, gerund of trouble (infinitive).
  • 2. troubling is a noun, singular of troublings.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does troubling mean?

Definitions

Adjective

troubling - causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time"

Verb

trouble - to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..."
trouble - cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
trouble - move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
trouble - disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"
trouble - take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please"

Noun

trouble - an event causing distress or pain; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble"
trouble - a source of difficulty; "one trouble after another delayed the job"; "what's the problem?"
trouble - an effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty"
trouble - an unwanted pregnancy; "he got several girls in trouble"
trouble - a strong feeling of anxiety; "his worry over the prospect of being fired"; "it is not work but worry that kills"; "he wanted to die and end his troubles"
trouble - an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"

Examples of troubling

#   Sentence  
1. adj. A new and troubling thought.
2. verb He was ashamed of troubling you.
3. verb A black crocodile, troubling his rest, grabbed him suddenly by his rough and heavy foot.
4. verb Is something troubling you?
5. verb This problem was troubling us until last night when we found the cause and fixed it.
6. verb My arm has been troubling me ever since my accident.
7. verb Everyone has something that's troubling him.
8. verb There's something troubling me.
9. verb Is there something troubling you?
10. verb What's troubling you?
11. verb What secret grief is troubling you?
12. verb Is there anything else troubling you?
13. verb Are your eyes troubling you?
14. verb There's something troubling you, isn't there?
15. verb Sorry to trouble you, but...
16. verb He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday.
17. noun What is the trouble?
18. noun Heart trouble.
19. noun One trouble after another delayed the job.
20. noun I went to a lot of trouble.
21. noun He won without any trouble.
22. noun He got several girls in trouble.
23. noun They had labor trouble.
24. noun [This killing of a respected cleric will be causing us trouble for years to come.]
25. noun Despite many wrinkles, India remains a part-democracy and merely signing on to a piece of paper that calls for an independent Kashmir does not get you into the trouble that writing an op-ed piece against Sonia Gandhi or Atal Behari Vajpayee would instantly.
26. noun Trouble on India's islands.
27. noun The root of the trouble is that this entire Moslem region is totally dysfunctional, by any standard of the word, and would have been so even if Israel had joined the Arab league and an independent Palestine had existed for 100 years.
28. noun Cures kidney and gall bladder troubles, gastric trouble, dyspepsia, acidity, dysentery, obesity and liver diseases.
29. noun Claude Mandil, the executive director of the International Energy Agency in Paris, said the reserves in the East China Sea were hardly worth the trouble.
30. noun Don't worry if you have trouble concentrating on the mantra and ideation - that's normal.
31. noun If you're going to go through the trouble of creating a sump for this tank, getting a protein skimmer wouldn't be a bad idea.
Sentence  
adj.
A new and troubling thought.
verb
He was ashamed of troubling you.
A black crocodile, troubling his rest, grabbed him suddenly by his rough and heavy foot.
Is something troubling you?
This problem was troubling us until last night when we found the cause and fixed it.
My arm has been troubling me ever since my accident.
Everyone has something that's troubling him.
There's something troubling me.
Is there something troubling you?
What's troubling you?
What secret grief is troubling you?
Is there anything else troubling you?
Are your eyes troubling you?
There's something troubling you, isn't there?
Sorry to trouble you, but...
He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday.
noun
What is the trouble?
Heart trouble.
One trouble after another delayed the job.
I went to a lot of trouble.
He won without any trouble.
He got several girls in trouble.
They had labor trouble.
[This killing of a respected cleric will be causing us trouble for years to come.]
Despite many wrinkles, India remains a part-democracy and merely signing on to a piece of paper that calls for an independent Kashmir does not get you into the trouble that writing an op-ed piece against Sonia Gandhi or Atal Behari Vajpayee would instantly.
Trouble on India's islands.
The root of the trouble is that this entire Moslem region is totally dysfunctional, by any standard of the word, and would have been so even if Israel had joined the Arab league and an independent Palestine had existed for 100 years.
Cures kidney and gall bladder troubles, gastric trouble, dyspepsia, acidity, dysentery, obesity and liver diseases.
Claude Mandil, the executive director of the International Energy Agency in Paris, said the reserves in the East China Sea were hardly worth the trouble.
Don't worry if you have trouble concentrating on the mantra and ideation - that's normal.
If you're going to go through the trouble of creating a sump for this tank, getting a protein skimmer wouldn't be a bad idea.

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