Definitions for troubling

Overview of verb trouble

The verb trouble has 5 senses? (first 5 from tagged texts)

1. (6) disturb, upset, trouble

(move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought")

2. (3) trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother

(to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but...")

3. (3) perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder

(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")

4. (1) trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneself

(take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please")

5. (1) trouble, ail, pain

(cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed)

Overview of adj troubling

The adj troubling has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying

(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")