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trouble
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of TROUBLE
1
an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning <hoping that the doctor will be able to accurately diagnose my trouble>
Synonyms affection, ail, ailment, bug, complaint, complication, condition, disorder, distemper, distemperature, fever, ill, illness, infirmity, malady, sickness, trouble
Related Words contagion, contagious disease; contagium, infection; attack, bout, fit, spell; debility, decrepitude, feebleness, frailness, lameness, sickliness, unhealthiness, unsoundness, unwellness, weakness; malaise, matter, pip; epidemic, pest, pestilence, plague
Near Antonyms fitness, healthiness, heartiness, robustness, soundness, wholeness, wholesomeness; fettle, shape
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something that requires thought and skill for resolution <the police officers first broke up the fight and then asked what the trouble was>
Related Words issue, question; corner, fix, hole, hot water, jam, mire, pickle, predicament, quagmire, spot; crux, Gordian knot, sticky wicket, toughie (also toughy); catch-22, dilemma, quandary; catch, glitch, hitch, pitfall, snag; conundrum, enigma, mystery, puzzle, puzzlement, riddle; brainteaser, perplexer, poser, stumper
4
the active use of energy in producing a result <please, don't go to all that trouble just for me>
Related Words drudgery, grind, slog, strain, toil, travail; dint, energy; force, might, muscle, power, puissance; attempt, endeavor, essay, fling, go, pass, shot, stab, trial, try, whack
Near Antonyms adroitness, ease, facility, fluency, smoothness; dormancy, idleness, inaction, inactivity, indolence, inertia, languor, laziness, quiescence
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the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil <if you think your brother might be in trouble, then let's go check up on him>
Related Words exposure, liability, openness, vulnerability; precariousness, threat; susceptibility, susceptibleness; defenselessness, helplessness, weakness
Near Antonyms preservation, salvation; defense, protection; exemption, immunity, impunity, inviolability, invulnerability
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