Trouble

trub′l, v.t. to put into a confused state: to agitate: to disturb: to annoy: to busy or engage overmuch: to put to inconvenience.— v.i. to take pains.— n. disturbance: affliction: disease: uneasine : that which disturbs or afflicts.— ns. Troub′le-mirth , a kill-joy; Troub′ler .— adj. Troub′lesome , causing or giving trouble or inconvenience: vexatious: importunate: troublous.— adv. Troub′lesomely .— n. Troub′lesomene .— adj. Troub′lous , full of trouble or disorder: agitated: tumultuous: disturbing.— Cast oil on troubled waters ( fig. ), to appease, calm, quieten. [O. Fr. tourbler —Low L. turbulāre —L. turbāre , to disturb— turba , a crowd.]