troublement
nounEtymology From trouble + -ment.
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The feeling of being troubled; upset or anxiety.
- The Lord was with me, and I was not fearful of it; howbeit, it did cause great troublement and disturbance to many worthy people in my parish.1844, Charles Churchill, The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill:
- Troublement and emotion crackled just below the blanketing surface.2000, Diane Carey, Ship of the Line:
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- In the later telling, this twenty-word description is internalized and greatly expanded, as the listener is invited to follow the action through Merrywise's thoughts and senses: "He couldn't get to sleep, because he had all these troublements in his mind, and also because she snored.2001, Carl Lindahl, Perspectives on the Jack Tales: And Other North American Märchen:
- Though some troublement and worriment was on his face.2018, Harry Stephen Keeler, The Affair of the Bottled Deuce, page 134:
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A problem; something that causes trouble.
- We have this confidence: that amidst all the travails, troublements, tragedies of this life, God invites us to build a strong, solid future for our families and friends, our community and our world.1998, Kennon L. Callahan, Twelve Keys for Living: Possibilities for a Whole, Healthy Life, page 46:
- Well, weuns makes it by de goats widout any troublements an' finally comes to a road.1999, I was a Slave: The breeding of slaves, page 57:
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- “Don't blame me;” I told them, “for all your troublements and woes: blame the island!'2013, Avram Davidson, The Island Under the Earth: