trouble

TROUBLE, verb transitive trub'l. [Latin turbo; turba, a crowd, and perhaps trova, a turn. The primary sense is to turn or to stir, to whirl about, as in Latin turbo, turbinis, a whirlwind. Hence the sense of agitation, disturbance. 1. To agitate; to disturb; to put into confused motion. God looking forth will trouble all his host. An angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water. John 5:4. 2. To disturb; to perplex. Never trouble yourself about those faults which age will cure. 3. To afflict; to grieve; to distress. Those that trouble me, rejoice when I am moved. Psalms 13:4. 4. To busy; to cause to be much engaged or anxious. Martha, thou art careful, and troubled about many things. Luke 10:41. 5. To tease; to vex; to molest. The boy so troubles me, 'Tis past enduring. 6. To give occasion for labor to. I will not trouble you to deliver the letter. I will not trouble myself in this affair. 7. To sue for a debt. He wishes not to trouble his debtors. TROUBLE, noun trub'l. Disturbance of mind; agitation; commotion of spirits; perplexity; a word of very extensive application. 1. Affliction; calamity. He shall deliver thee in six troubles. Job 5:6. Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. Psalms 25:17. 2. Molestation; inconvenience; annoyance. Lest the fiend some new trouble raise. 3. Uneasiness; vexation. 4. That which gives disturbance, annoyance or vexation; that which afflicts.