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
Their pass protection has been just as troublesome, while quarterback C.J. Stroud has been good this year but has taken a step back from his rookie form last season.
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Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2025
Sasaki continuing the trend of rejection is troublesome moving forward, especially next season.
—James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2025
But more troublesome is a new statistic that shows a high rate of worker injuries.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 9 Dec. 2024
And if that wasn’t troublesome enough, the offensive line would have had protection issues if Tagovailoa didn’t have such a quick trigger.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
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Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2025
Sasaki continuing the trend of rejection is troublesome moving forward, especially next season.
—James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2025
But more troublesome is a new statistic that shows a high rate of worker injuries.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 9 Dec. 2024
And if that wasn’t troublesome enough, the offensive line would have had protection issues if Tagovailoa didn’t have such a quick trigger.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for troublesome
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But even for Ye, his abrupt public embrace of antisemitism and counterintuitive right-wing political rhetoric, resulting in his bringing avowed white nationalist Nick Fuentes to dine with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, has been disturbing.—
Aja Romano,
Vox,
7 Feb. 2025
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Even though Iris prefaced their weekend getaway with a disturbing intrusive thought about a previous boyfriend, her big unhinged moment is ultimately a passive decision to not untie her non-boyfriend.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2025
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The Cost of Care Report, by the Numbers Dr. Murthy’s advisory was unsettling yet validating for many, including Lacey.—
Beth Ann Mayer,
Parents,
29 Jan. 2025
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Bottom line While hair loss or thinning associated with medication can be unsettling, these effects are usually temporary and can often be helped with hair growth supplements or medication adjustments cleared by your doctor.—
Leslie Baumann,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2025
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But the obvious and troubling implication is that people who joined while Joe Biden was president are at greater risk of losing their job.—
Shane Harris,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2025
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During the 1985 Christmas season, a coal merchant in an Irish village makes a troubling discovery.—
The California Independent Booksellers Alliance,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The trailers show the girls in both the past and present timelines growing increasingly unhinged and the writers have promised us that this season will only get nastier.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
1 Feb. 2025
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After a week of nasty weather across Florida, the business of launching rockets got back on track Monday afternoon.—
Richard Tribou,
Orlando Sentinel,
27 Jan. 2025
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This is all frightening enough — and as the hearing revealed, his bogus theories about AIDS, Lyme disease, and a slew of other public health issues make clear Kennedy is no friend of facts or science, and therefore should be utterly disqualified from HHS secretary.—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
29 Jan. 2025
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The statistics on underage drinking are frightening, and alcohol does cause death and injury.—
TJ Hutchinson,
The Denver Post,
28 Jan. 2025
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