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What is the adjective for troubled?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb trouble which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

troublous
  1. (obsolete) Of a liquid: thick, muddy, full of sediment.
  2. (literary) Troubled, confused.
  3. (literary) Causing trouble; troublesome, vexatious.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. upsetting, distressing, disturbing, troublesome, disquieting, perturbing, unsettling, troubling, worrisome, discomforting, discomposing, nasty, unpleasant, difficult, dismaying, discouraging, alarming, painful, distressful, burdensome, disconcerting, disagreeable, discommoding, severe, depressing, nagging, worrying, trying, bothersome, annoying, irksome, irritating, frightening, wearisome, harassing, startling, foreboding, aggravating, vexing, agitating, tiresome, provoking, inconvenient, ominous, gloomy, perplexing, hard, laborious, threatening, sinister … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “Yet James makes no complaint for what must have often been a troublous life.”
      “By and by, he fell into a troublous sleep.”
      “It implies a power allowed him to make the earth itself, our terrestrial dwelling, troublous and annoying to us.”
troublesome
  1. Characterised by trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. bothersome, trying, annoying, vexatious, irksome, irritating, hard, aggravating, taxing, tough, distressing, awkward, tricky, disturbing, vexing, problematic, exasperating, demanding, upsetting, thorny, arduous, troubling, worrying, wearisome, burdensome, maddening, unsettling, worrisome, tiresome, perturbing, laborious, disquieting, inconvenient, rough, heavy, discomforting, oppressive, infuriating, harassing, nasty, discomposing, uphill, pesky, painful, nagging, alarming, troublous, concerning, pestiferous, pestilent … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Droves of cattle are, however, apt to be troublesome to the owners and tenants of the grounds through or near which they pass.”
      “Parents may find that a troublesome teenager becomes unmanageable.”
      “Travis found himself in a troublesome position and pondered his next move.”
troubled
  1. Anxious, worried, careworn.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. anxious, worried, disturbed, distressed, apprehensive, bothered, aflutter, dithery, discomposed, hinky, concerned, goosey, unsettled, atwitter, harassed, disconcerted, dismayed, afraid, annoyed, discombobulated, confused, beset, anguished, aggravated, inconvenienced, afflicted, miffed, pained, pestered, provoked, asea, upset, perturbed, uneasy, chagrined, displeased, exacerbated, harrowed, mortified, agitated, antsy, edgy, insecure, jittery, jumpy, nervous, nervy, queasy, queazy, tense … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “John and I worked together to help him gain clarity and freedom from his troubled mind.”
      “A number of new factors suggest that the industry may be facing some troubled times ahead.”
      “His residence at Madrid was during the troubled and uncertain times when the ministry of Espartero was overthrown by Narvaez.”
troubleless
  1. Without trouble; untroubled.
troubling
  1. distressing, worrying
  2. Synonyms:
      3. distressing, disturbing, upsetting, disquieting, troublesome, unsettling, perturbing, discomforting, worrisome, discomposing, nasty, troublous, nagging, bothersome, trying, worrying, irritating, alarming, difficult, annoying, vexing, unpleasant, awkward, disconcerting, irksome, dismaying, aggravating, wearisome, vexatious, harassing, inconvenient, agitating, tiresome, burdensome, discommoding, distressful, disagreeable, unnerving, niggling, provoking, exasperating, concerning, discouraging, maddening, tricky, hairy, painful, pesky, nerve-racking, galling … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “To stand in a glade in the Catskills is to realize what a deeply troubling trade-off that is.”
troublable
  1. (obsolete) troublesome
troublemaking
  1. Causing trouble.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. unruly, disobedient, recalcitrant, rebellious, refractory, ungovernable, wayward, intractable, unmanageable, insubordinate, defiant, uncontrollable, wilful, contumacious, obstreperous, disorderly, wild, froward, contrary, willful, undisciplined, difficult, mutinous, balky, headstrong, rebel, untoward, recusant, incompliant, restive, fractious, violent, disruptive, lawless, perverse, anarchic, incorrigible, incontrollable, irrepressible, intemperate, lawbreaking, impetuous, anarchical, reckless, ornery, unyielding, impulsive, quarrelsome, opinionated, rash … more
troublesomest
  1. superlative form of troublesome: most troublesome
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