Synonyms for troublesome
ˈtrʌb əl səmtrou·ble·some

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1. troublesomeadjective

   Antonyms:
   nontroublesome, untroublesome

2. troublesomeadjective

   This computer's been very troublesome for me. It never works when I need to use it.

   Antonyms:
   nontroublesome, untroublesome

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1. troublesome

   Synonyms:
   tiresome, irksome, difficult, tedious, arduous, laborious, grievous, importunate, vexatious

   Antonyms:
   easy, pleasant, amusing, facile, light, unlaborious, untroublesome

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1. troublesomeadjective

   difficult to deal with

   "a troublesome infection"; "a troublesome situation"

   Antonyms:
   easy

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1. troublesomeadjective

   Synonyms:
   vexatious, annoying, perplexing, harassing, galling, painful, burdensome, wearisome, tiresome, irksome, PLAGUY, knotty, hard

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1. troublesomeadjective

   Synonyms:
   vexatious, burdensome, afflictive, harassing, galling, wearisome

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1. List of paraphrases for "troublesome":

   problematic, bothersome, embarrassing, disturbing, awkward, difficult, troubling, grim

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1. George Washington:

   Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.

2. Isaac Asimov:

   Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

3. John Dewey:

   The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs. Self-conceit often regards it as a sign of weakness to admit that a belief to which we have once committed ourselves is wrong. We get so identified with an idea that it is literally a pet notion and we rise to its defense and stop our eyes and ears to anything different.

4. Anthony Fauci:

   We don't want to let happen in the United States what is happening currently in the UK, where Surgeon General Vivek Murthy have a troublesome variant essentially taking over as the dominant variant, which has made it a very difficult situation in the UK.

5. Benjamin Franklin:

   All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.

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