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Meaning of trouble

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  trouble
      n 1: a source of difficulty; "one trouble after another delayed
           the job"; "what's the problem?" [syn: {trouble}, {problem}]
      2: an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they
         had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" [syn: {fuss},
         {trouble}, {bother}, {hassle}]
      3: an event causing distress or pain; "what is the trouble?";
         "heart trouble"
      4: an effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of trouble";
         "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking";
         "finished the test only with great difficulty" [syn:
         {trouble}, {difficulty}]
      5: a strong feeling of anxiety; "his worry over the prospect of
         being fired"; "it is not work but worry that kills"; "he
         wanted to die and end his troubles" [syn: {worry}, {trouble}]
      6: an unwanted pregnancy; "he got several girls in trouble"
      v 1: move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
           [syn: {disturb}, {upset}, {trouble}]
      2: to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble
         you, but..." [syn: {trouble}, {put out}, {inconvenience},
         {disoblige}, {discommode}, {incommode}, {bother}]
      3: disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or
         alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her
         father was seriously ill" [syn: {perturb}, {unhinge},
         {disquiet}, {trouble}, {cark}, {distract}, {disorder}]
      4: take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did
         not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't
         bother, please" [syn: {trouble oneself}, {trouble}, {bother},
         {inconvenience oneself}]
      5: cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed [syn:
         {trouble}, {ail}, {pain}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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