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trivialities, unable to see what is important.
trivialize
v. belittle, denigrate, lessen, minimize, undervalue,
depreciate, underestimate, underrate, make light of, laugh off,
underplay, dismiss, disparage, misprize, beggar, deprecate,
slight, scoff at, scorn, run down, decry, Colloq put down, play
down, pooh-pooh: Edward tends to trivialize the work of others.
trophy n. 1 prize, laurel(s), wreath, cup, award, reward, honour(s),
medal, citation, palm, bays; booty, spoils, Colloq gold, silver,
silverware: He has won trophies for more boat races than I have
participated in. 2 memento, souvenir, token, record, reminder,
remembrance, keepsake: That scar is a trophy of a hand-to-hand
fight near El Alamein.
trot v. 1 jog, run; bustle, hustle, hurry, hasten, scamper, scoot,
Colloq skedaddle: I trot round the park every morning for
exercise. As I need some butter, I'd better trot down to the
shop before it closes. 2 trot out. bring out, show, display,
exhibit, flaunt, come out with; dredge up, drag out; recite,
repeat: Our neighbour trotted out his new lawnmower for us to
admire.
--n. 3 jog, lope, single-foot, pace; run: It was a delight to
watch the young horses in a fast trot round the track. 4
translation, gloss, interpretation, crib, Colloq US pony, horse:
He couldn't read Homer without a trot.
trouble v. 1 bother, upset, anguish, alarm, worry, afflict, agitate,
disquiet, discomfit, make uncomfortable, grieve, perturb,
discommode, inconvenience, discompose, discountenance, put out,
burden, encumber, weigh down: I don't mean to trouble you with
my problems, but I have no one else to turn to. 2 annoy,
irritate, irk, vex, bother, plague, pester, torment, harass,
hector, harry, provoke, nettle, exasperate, ruffle, Colloq get
or grate on (someone's) nerves, give (someone) a hard time, get
under (someone's) skin: Vincent keeps troubling me for advice
on starting a new business. 3 discommode, incommode, impose on,
inconvenience, put out, thank: I'll trouble you to turn off the
light when you leave the room. 4 care, be concerned, take the
trouble or the time, go to the trouble, bother, exert (oneself),
concern (oneself), take pains: He never troubled to find out if