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his family was safe.
--n. 5 distress, worry, concern, difficulty, discomfort,
unpleasantness, inconvenience, vexation, grief, woe, affliction,
disquiet, suffering, tribulation, anxiety, torment, anguish,
strife: Her trouble began when her ex-husband stopped paying
for child support. How can someone so insignificant cause so
much trouble? 6 annoyance, bother, tormenter, irritation,
nuisance, nag, heckler, pest, Slang US nudnik: Ever since she
lost her job, she's been a trouble to her family. 7 disorder,
agitation, row, disturbance, turbulence, tumult, upset,
dissatisfaction, unrest, discord, dispute, turmoil, rebellion,
revolt, uprising, outbreak, fighting, fight, skirmishing,
skirmish: The trouble began when workers refused to allow
management to hire replacements. 8 affliction, defect,
disability, disease, ailment, illness, sickness, disorder,
complaint: With her trouble she ought to see a doctor. 9 in
trouble. a in deep trouble, in a mess, in a predicament, in
dire straits, Colloq in a pickle, in hot water, on the spot, in
a scrape, Slang Brit in shtook or shtuk or shtuck or schtuck,
Taboo slang in deep shit, up shit creek (without (the vestige
of) a paddle): They will be in terrible trouble if the bank
forecloses on the mortgage. b unmarried or unwed and impregnated
or pregnant or with child or expecting or in a delicate
condition or colloq in a family way: Most of the girls who are
in trouble are teenagers.
troublemaker
n. mischief-maker, rabble-rouser, gadfly, firebrand, agent
provocateur, stormy petrel, incendiary, gossip-monger,
scandalmonger, malcontent, instigator, meddler, agitator: As
far as the police were concerned, any protester was, by
definition, a troublemaker.
troublesome
adj. worrisome, worrying, annoying, irksome, irritating,
vexatious, bothersome, distressing, difficult, burdensome,
Colloq pestiferous, US and Canadian pesky: We sometimes have to
put up with troublesome motor-cycle gangs.
truant n. 1 malingerer, runaway, absentee, delinquent, dodger,
shirker, idler, loafer, layabout, Slang Brit skiver, Brit
military scrimshanker: Truants were warned that their parents