as in disturbing
causing worry or anxiety
the troublesome news that there will be more cuts in the school budget
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Recent Examples of troublesome
What’s new in season eight is the show’s shift toward depicting phones as active and troublesome disrupters of a relationship that might have otherwise been perfectly fine.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
This was most troublesome in relation to the primary character witnesses: the defendants’ current and former girlfriends, wives, and partners.
—Katie Ebner-Landy, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025
So far, these two troublesome and filthy strangers haven’t found any takers, but Baucis and Philemon welcome them in, no questions asked.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
From his point of view, opposition at home has been quelled, sometimes murderously, and troublesome organizations such as the International Criminal Court, which issued an arrest warrant for Putin but is now facing U.S. sanctions, are in Trump's crosshairs too.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
This was most troublesome in relation to the primary character witnesses: the defendants’ current and former girlfriends, wives, and partners.
—Katie Ebner-Landy, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025
So far, these two troublesome and filthy strangers haven’t found any takers, but Baucis and Philemon welcome them in, no questions asked.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
From his point of view, opposition at home has been quelled, sometimes murderously, and troublesome organizations such as the International Criminal Court, which issued an arrest warrant for Putin but is now facing U.S. sanctions, are in Trump's crosshairs too.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for troublesome
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While no human-affecting viruses have been revived yet, the fact that ancient microbes can persist in a viable state raises a disturbing possibility: what else is hidden in the deep freeze, waiting to wake up?—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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The possibility of losing Miami Beach's only art house cinema is disturbing to Tabsch, a filmmaker whose 2018 documentary The Last Resort, was about Miami Beach's Jewish community in the 1970s.—
Mandalit del Barco,
NPR,
15 Mar. 2025
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Given that feeling competent in one’s work is one of the three basic psychological human needs, this may be unsettling for some.—
Ellen Choi,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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The thought of spending months on end in the sweltering heat is very unsettling for me.—
Sherry Kuehl,
Kansas City Star,
19 Mar. 2025
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The combination of a potential trade war and rising unemployment is particularly troubling news for consumer and business spending and has raised fears of a recession.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
14 Mar. 2025
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But some students found the video troubling, said Isabelle Butera, a senior at Northwestern involved with the organization Jewish Voices for Peace.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2025
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And then, to top a nasty joke with a nastier one, he was deemed useless for the final twenty years of his life.—
Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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That jab opened up several nasty cuts around Rountree's eye and on the bridge of his nose.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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That an unelected tech billionaire has so much power over the American government is equal parts confusing and frightening.—
Caroline Mimbs Nyce,
The New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2025
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Strong’s interpretation of Roy Cohn in The Apprentice was tragicomic and frightening stuff.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Troublesome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troublesome. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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