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  1. troubledadjective

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

    "troubled areas"; "fell into a troubled sleep"; "a troubled expression"; "troubled teenagers"

    Synonyms:
    disruptive, tumultuous, riotous, turbulent

    Antonyms:
    untroubled, undisturbed, dreamless, carefree, unworried, unconcerned, trouble-free, unmolested, quiet, clear

  2. disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulentadjective

    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"

    Synonyms:
    luxuriant, profuse, fast, lush, debauched, riotous, libertine, turbulent, dissolute, tumultuous, roiling, disruptive, degraded, roiled, churning, dissipated, exuberant, roily, degenerate, profligate

    Antonyms:
    unworried, untroubled, carefree, unmolested, trouble-free, unconcerned, undisturbed, clear, quiet, dreamless

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How to use troubled in a sentence?

  1. John Kenneth Galbraith:

    It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled sea of thought.

  2. Chief Warren Hensman:

    Am I troubled by what I know already? The answer is yes, we’re laser focused on capturing this man and bringing him to justice.

  3. Ella Wheeler Wilcox:

    It is easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows by like a song. But the man worth while is the one who can smile, when everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is troubled, And it always comes with the years. And the smiles that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears.

  4. Bill Taylor:

    I let them know up front going into the meeting that I had not decided whether to accept the offer to go back out to Kiev because I was troubled by what I was hearing, not just this Rudy Giuliani article, but I was troubled by other things as well and I made this clear to both, both Mr. Ulrich Brechbuhl and Secretary Mike Pompeo.

  5. John Kenneth Galbraith:

    It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put on the troubled seas of thought.

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