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• trou´ble|some|ness — trou|ble|some «TRUHB uhl suhm», adjective. 1. causing trouble; annoying; full of troubles; distressing: »Bullies are troublesome people. SYNONYM(S): disturbing, vexatious, harassing, bothersome. 2. tiresome; difficult: »a troublesome process …   Useful english dictionary

• trou´ble|some|ly — trou|ble|some «TRUHB uhl suhm», adjective. 1. causing trouble; annoying; full of troubles; distressing: »Bullies are troublesome people. SYNONYM(S): disturbing, vexatious, harassing, bothersome. 2. tiresome; difficult: »a troublesome process …   Useful english dictionary

• trou|ble|some — «TRUHB uhl suhm», adjective. 1. causing trouble; annoying; full of troubles; distressing: »Bullies are troublesome people. SYNONYM(S): disturbing, vexatious, harassing, bothersome. 2. tiresome; difficult: »a troublesome process …   Useful english dictionary

• trou|ble|mak|er — «TRUHB uhl MAY kuhr», noun. a person who often causes trouble for others: »The police arrest and arraign and deport suspected Red troublemakers before a lawyer can say habeas corpus (Time) …   Useful english dictionary

• trou|ble|mak|ing — «TRUHB uhl MAY kihng», noun, adjective. –n. the activities of a troublemaker. –adj. making or causing trouble: »troublemaking gangs …   Useful english dictionary

• trou|ble|shoot|er — «TRUHB uhl SHOO tuhr», noun. a person who discovers and eliminates causes of trouble, especially one trained or qualified to do so in a particular field or with a particular kind of apparatus: »He…wenandering as an international banker and… …   Useful english dictionary

• trou|ble|shoot|ing — «TRUHB uhl SHOO tihng», noun, adjective. –n. the work of a troubleshooter. –adj. of or having to do with a troubleshooter or his work: »Sometimes he is sent elsewhere on troubleshooting errands of one sort or another (E. Newhouse) …   Useful english dictionary

• trou|ble|shoot — «TRUHB uhl SHOOT», verb, shot or shoot|ed, shoot|ing. U.S. –v.i. to work or serve as a troubleshooter. –v.t. to deal with as a troubleshooter; eliminate trouble from: »He established a Human Relation Advisory Commission to troubleshoot touchy… …   Useful english dictionary

• un|trou|ble|some — «uhn TRUHB uhl suhm», adjective. not troublesome; giving no trouble: »The progress of industry is gradually affording other modes of investment almost as safe and untroublesome (John Stuart Mill) …   Useful english dictionary

• trou·ble·mak·er — /ˈtrʌbəlˌmeıkɚ/ noun, pl ers [count] : a person who causes trouble : a person who creates problems or difficulties involving other people He had the reputation of being a troublemaker in high school …   Useful english dictionary