What is another word for troublesome?
851 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ tɹˈʌbə͡lsˌʌm], [ tɹˈʌbəlsˌʌm], [ t_ɹ_ˈʌ_b_əl_s_ˌʌ_m]
When someone or something is causing you difficulty or inconvenience, they can be described as troublesome. However, there are many other words you can use to convey a similar meaning. For instance, you might use words like vexatious, irksome, or annoying - all of which suggest something that is troubling you or causing frustration. Other synonyms might include frustrating, arduous, problematic, or laborious. Whether you're discussing a challenging project at work or a difficult person in your life, "troublesome" is a word that can cover a wide range of situations - and with so many synonyms available, you can always find the perfect word to suit your needs.
Synonyms for Troublesome:
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adj.
• adverse- adverse ,
- antipathetic ,
- burdensome ,
- calamitous ,
- catastrophic ,
- detrimental ,
- disastrous ,
- inauspicious ,
- miserable ,
- opposing ,
- perilous ,
- tragic ,
- unfortunate ,
- unfriendly ,
- unlucky ,
- unpropitious ,
- untoward ,
- woeful .
- Bedeviling ,
- Enraging ,
- Harassing ,
- Rankling ,
- aggravating ,
- annoying ,
- antagonizing ,
- exacerbating ,
- exasperating ,
- grating ,
- inflaming ,
- infuriating ,
- irritating ,
- pestering ,
- teasing ,
- tormenting ,
- vexing .
- bearish ,
- cantankerous ,
- complex ,
- contrary ,
- cumbersome ,
- easier said than done ,
- enigmatical ,
- finicky ,
- formidable ,
- fussy ,
- grinding ,
- hard to explain ,
- hard to please ,
- hard to solve ,
- hard-won ,
- harsh ,
- knotty ,
- laborious ,
- paradoxical ,
- rough ,
- rugged ,
- severe ,
- strenuous ,
- ticklish ,
- tight ,
- toilsome ,
- tricky ,
- unamenable ,
- up-stream ,
- uphill ,
- upstream ,
- wearing ,
- wearisome ,
- wearying ,
- immense ,
- irritable ,
- meandering ,
- mystifying ,
- oafish .
- hardnosed ,
- liverish ,
- low-down and dirty ,
- low-down dirty ,
- the lowest ,
- toucher ,
- lowdown and dirty ,
- snide .
- Besetting ,
- Cramping ,
- Gnawing ,
- Torturing. ,
- aching ,
- acute ,
- agonizing ,
- anguishing ,
- biting ,
- bitter ,
- chafing ,
- cruel ,
- crushing ,
- cutting ,
- disagreeable ,
- excruciating ,
- extremely bad ,
- grueling ,
- harrowing ,
- horrendous ,
- hurtful ,
- insufferable ,
- odious ,
- offensive ,
- piercing ,
- smarting ,
- sore ,
- stabbing ,
- stinging ,
- throbbing ,
- torturing ,
- unbearable ,
- withering ,
- wrenching .
- low-down ,
- lowdown ,
- dis gusting ,
- dis-gusting ,
- low down ,
- more low down ,
- more low-down ,
- more lowdown ,
- most lowdown .
- dis agreeable ,
- dis commodious ,
- dis-agreeable ,
- dis-commodious ,
- ill ease ,
- more compromising ,
- more discommodious ,
- most compromising ,
- most discommodious ,
- risky ,
- un handier ,
- un handiest ,
- un handy ,
- un manageable ,
- un timelier ,
- un timeliest ,
- un timely ,
- un wieldier ,
- un wieldiest ,
- un wieldy ,
- un-handier ,
- un-handiest ,
- un-handy ,
- un-manageable ,
- un-timelier ,
- un-timeliest ,
- un-timely ,
- un-wieldier ,
- un-wieldiest ,
- un-wieldy ,
- unhandier ,
- unhandiest .
- ex asperating ,
- ex-asperating ,
- more aggravating ,
- more exasperating ,
- more rebarbative ,
- more vexing ,
- most aggravating ,
- most exasperating ,
- most rebarbative ,
- most vexing ,
- re-mote ,
- rebarbative .
- de pressed ,
- de pressing ,
- de solate ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-pressing ,
- de-solate ,
- dis heartening ,
- dis-heartening ,
- doleful ,
- funereal ,
- hopeless ,
- in auspicious ,
- in pits ,
- in-auspicious ,
- more disheartening ,
- most disheartening ,
- over cast ,
- over-cast ,
- overcast ,
- un fortunate ,
- un happier ,
- un happiest ,
- un happy ,
- un-fortunate ,
- un-happy .
- dis concerting ,
- dis quieting ,
- dis-concerting ,
- dis-quieting ,
- more disconcerting ,
- more troubling ,
- more unnerving ,
- most disconcerting ,
- most troubling ,
- most unnerving ,
- un nerving ,
- un-nerving .
- dis comforting ,
- dis composing ,
- dis maying ,
- dis-comforting ,
- dis-composing ,
- dis-maying ,
- fore boding ,
- fore-boding ,
- more agitating ,
- more discomforting ,
- more discomposing ,
- more dismaying ,
- more foreboding ,
- most agitating ,
- most discomforting ,
- most discomposing ,
- most dismaying ,
- most foreboding .
- more discomfiting ,
- more discommoding ,
- more mortifying ,
- more rattling ,
- most discomfiting ,
- most discommoding ,
- most mortifying ,
- most rattling ,
- un easier ,
- un easiest ,
- un easy ,
- un propitious ,
- un seemlier ,
- un seemliest ,
- un seemly ,
- un-easier ,
- un-easiest ,
- un-easy ,
- un-propitious ,
- un-seemlier ,
- un-seemliest ,
- un-seemly .
- egregious ,
- heart rending ,
- in tolerable ,
- in-tolerable ,
- more afflicting ,
- more heart rending ,
- more heart-rending ,
- more wounding ,
- most afflicting ,
- most heart rending ,
- most heart-rending ,
- most wounding ,
- un bearable ,
- un-bearable .
- dis advantageous ,
- dis-advantageous ,
- in convenient ,
- in expedient ,
- in-convenient ,
- in-expedient ,
- pre judicial ,
- pre-judicial ,
- un seasonable ,
- un suitable ,
- un-seasonable ,
- un-suitable .
- impeding ,
- inter meddling ,
- inter posing ,
- inter-meddling ,
- inter-posing ,
- more busybody ,
- more chiseling ,
- more encumbering ,
- more hindering ,
- more impeding ,
- more intermeddling ,
- more interposing ,
- more interrupting ,
- more intruding ,
- more kibitzing ,
- more obstructive ,
- more snooping ,
- more tampering ,
- most busybody ,
- most chiseling ,
- most encumbering ,
- most hindering ,
- most impeding ,
- most intermeddling ,
- most interposing ,
- most interrupting ,
- most intruding ,
- most kibitzing ,
- most obstructive ,
- most snooping ,
- most tampering .
- holy terror ,
- ill behaved ,
- illbehaved ,
- impish ,
- mis behaving ,
- mis-behaving ,
- more dickens ,
- more ill behaved ,
- more ill-behaved ,
- more illbehaved ,
- more misbehaving ,
- more rascal ,
- more rascally ,
- most dickens ,
- most ill behaved ,
- most ill-behaved ,
- most illbehaved ,
- most misbehaving ,
- most rascal ,
- most rascally ,
- pre carious ,
- pre-carious .
- more crushing ,
- more embittering ,
- more headache ,
- more overtaxing ,
- more plodding ,
- most crushing ,
- most embittering ,
- most headache ,
- most overtaxing ,
- most plodding ,
- over powering ,
- over taxing ,
- over-powering ,
- over-taxing .
- Over-bearing ,
- heavy handed ,
- heavyhanded ,
- in human ,
- in-human ,
- more confining ,
- more depressive ,
- more ironhanded ,
- more superincumbent ,
- most confining ,
- most depressive ,
- most ironhanded ,
- most superincumbent ,
- over bearing ,
- super incumbent ,
- super-incumbent ,
- un just ,
- un juster ,
- un justest ,
- un-just ,
- un-juster ,
- un-justest .
- dis eased ,
- dis-eased ,
- more contaminating ,
- more pestilent ,
- more tainting ,
- most contaminating ,
- most tainting .
- Sapping ,
- more enervating ,
- more sapping ,
- more stressful ,
- most enervating ,
- most sapping ,
- most stressful .
- ill fitting ,
- illfitting ,
- more ill fitting ,
- more ill-fitting ,
- more illfitting ,
- more torturing ,
- most ill fitting ,
- most ill-fitting ,
- most illfitting ,
- most torturing ,
- un comfortable ,
- un-comfortable .
- be avoided ,
- dis liked ,
- dis pleasing ,
- dis-liked ,
- dis-pleasing ,
- in admissible ,
- in sufferable ,
- in-admissible ,
- in-sufferable ,
- more disliked ,
- more dreaded ,
- more loathed ,
- more outcast ,
- more scorned ,
- more shunned ,
- more unlikable ,
- more unpleasing ,
- most disliked ,
- most dreaded ,
- most loathed ,
- most outcast ,
- most scorned ,
- most shunned ,
- most unlikable ,
- most unpleasing ,
- out cast ,
- out place ,
- out-cast ,
- un attractive ,
- un desirable ,
- un likable ,
- un pleasing ,
- un popular ,
- un satisfactory ,
- un savorier ,
- un savoriest ,
- un savory ,
- un sought ,
- un wanted ,
- un welcome ,
- un-attractive ,
- un-desirable ,
- un-likable ,
- un-pleasing ,
- un-popular ,
- un-satisfactory ,
- un-savorier ,
- un-savoriest ,
- un-savory ,
- un-sought ,
- un-wanted .
- illadvised ,
- in advisable ,
- in felicitous ,
- in-advisable ,
- in-felicitous ,
- more unpromising ,
- most unpromising ,
- un favorable ,
- un luckier ,
- un luckiest ,
- un lucky ,
- un promising ,
- un suited ,
- un-favorable ,
- un-fit ,
- un-luckier ,
- un-lucky ,
- un-promising ,
- un-suited .
- grodier ,
- hard-time ,
- hardtime ,
- more hard time ,
- more hard-time ,
- more hardtime ,
- more uncool ,
- most hard time ,
- most hard-time ,
- most hardtime ,
- most uncool ,
- un acceptable ,
- un cool ,
- un lovelier ,
- un loveliest ,
- un lovely ,
- un pleasant ,
- un-acceptable ,
- un-cool ,
- un-lovelier ,
- un-loveliest ,
- un-lovely ,
- un-palatable ,
- un-pleasant .
Other synonyms:
- amiss ,
- contentious ,
- costly ,
- devilish ,
- disruptive ,
- distressing ,
- divisive ,
- expensive ,
- fraught ,
- invidious ,
- murphy's law ,
- nettlesome ,
- obstructive ,
- offending ,
- problem ,
- problematic ,
- provocative ,
- punitive ,
- schismatic ,
- self-defeating ,
- tendentious ,
- touchy ,
- troublous ,
- unsettling ,
- vexed ,
- worrisome .
- awkward ,
- corrosive ,
- disquieting ,
- galling ,
- incendiary ,
- inflammatory ,
- intrusive ,
- mischievous ,
- pesky ,
- plaguy ,
- prickly ,
- provoking ,
- rogue ,
- vexatious .
- pain .
- wicked .
- bad .
Other relevant words:
- Bothering ,
- Damnableness ,
- Difficile ,
- Discomforting ,
- Discommodious ,
- Disrupting ,
- Fatiguing ,
- Fretting ,
- Importune ,
- Infestive ,
- Interrupting ,
- Interruptive ,
- Nettling ,
- Obstructing ,
- Obstruent ,
- Operose ,
- Palestric ,
- Plaguing ,
- Unhandy ,
- abhor ,
- abominate ,
- afflictive ,
- aggrieved ,
- aggro ,
- alarming ,
- anathematize ,
- annoyance ,
- antagonistic ,
- appall ,
- asperity ,
- awkwardness ,
- backbreaking ,
- barrier ,
- begrudge ,
- blatantly ,
- boisterously ,
- boring ,
- botheration ,
- busy ,
- choking ,
- clamorously ,
- clumsy ,
- complexity ,
- complication ,
- conflicting ,
- constrictive ,
- controversial ,
- counter ,
- counteractive ,
- counterproductive ,
- critical ,
- cross-grained ,
- crosswise ,
- cumbersomeness ,
- damaging ,
- dangerous ,
- deep ,
- deny ,
- depreciate ,
- despise ,
- destructive ,
- detest ,
- difficulty ,
- disadvantageous ,
- dislike ,
- dismal ,
- disobedient ,
- dispiriting ,
- distress ,
- effortful ,
- elaborate ,
- exacting ,
- execrate ,
- fastidious ,
- fierce ,
- finical ,
- forced ,
- froward ,
- frustrating ,
- gruelling ,
- gymnastic ,
- hairy ,
- harassment ,
- hard-earned ,
- hard-fought ,
- hardship ,
- harmful ,
- hassle ,
- hate ,
- hazardous ,
- hefty ,
- herculean ,
- hindering ,
- hindrance ,
- hostile ,
- ill timed ,
- impediment ,
- importunate ,
- impracticable ,
- in opposition ,
- in the way ,
- inappropriate ,
- incommodious ,
- inconvenience ,
- inexpedient ,
- inhibiting ,
- inhibitive ,
- inimical ,
- intractable ,
- intricate ,
- involved ,
- irking ,
- irritation ,
- jam ,
- killing ,
- labored ,
- laboured ,
- loathe ,
- loathsomeness ,
- loudly ,
- maddening ,
- mazy ,
- mean ,
- meddlesome ,
- messy ,
- mortifying ,
- murder ,
- nagging ,
- nasty ,
- naughty ,
- nauseate ,
- nerve-racking ,
- nerve-wracking ,
- niggling ,
- nit-picking ,
- noisily ,
- not easy ,
- nuisance ,
- obstacle ,
- occlusive ,
- ominous ,
- opposed ,
- opposite ,
- ornery ,
- particular ,
- perplexing ,
- perverse ,
- pest ,
- pestiferous ,
- pestilent ,
- pestilential ,
- plaguesome ,
- plaguey ,
- ponderous ,
- problematical ,
- provocation ,
- punishing ,
- raucously ,
- refractory ,
- repressive ,
- resent ,
- restrictive ,
- rigorous ,
- riotously ,
- rowdily ,
- sensitive ,
- sinister ,
- sticky ,
- stifling ,
- strained ,
- strait ,
- strangling ,
- stridently ,
- suppressive ,
- tangled ,
- taxing ,
- tedious ,
- tender ,
- tiresome ,
- tiring ,
- trouble ,
- troublesomeness ,
- troubling ,
- ugly ,
- unaccommodating ,
- unadvantageous ,
- undesirable ,
- uneasy ,
- unfavourable ,
- ungovernable ,
- uninteresting ,
- unruly ,
- untimely ,
- unwelcome ,
- unwieldy ,
- uproariously ,
- vociferously ,
- wayward ,
- weighty ,
- worrying ,
- wretched ,
- wrongheaded .
- Echinated ,
- Intermeddling ,
- Irksome ,
- arduous ,
- backbreaker ,
- bothersome ,
- brambly ,
- briery ,
- complicated ,
- demanding ,
- depressive ,
- dickens ,
- difficult ,
- distressful ,
- disturbing ,
- grievous ,
- grody ,
- hard ,
- hard time ,
- hard to use ,
- hard use ,
- harmful baneful ,
- head ache ,
- heart-rending ,
- ill-behaved ,
- ill-fitting ,
- in the pits ,
- ironhanded ,
- kibitzing ,
- nebby ,
- no picnic ,
- onerous ,
- oppressive ,
- out of place ,
- overtaxing ,
- painful ,
- perturbing ,
- rascally ,
- rough going ,
- stressful ,
- superincumbent ,
- thorny ,
- to be avoided ,
- tough ,
- trying ,
- uncomfortable ,
- uncool ,
- unfavorable ,
- unlikable ,
- unpleasing ,
- unpromising ,
- unwished for ,
- upsetting .
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How to use "Troublesome" in context?
The word "troublesome" can be defined in a couple different ways. It can mean something that is bothersome or annoying, or something that is difficult or troublesome. There are all sorts of troubles that can occur in life, but some can be more troublesome than others. If you are having a hard time dealing with a troublesome issue, there is help available. Sometimes all it takes is for someone to listen and understand.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
bothersome, difficult.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
annoyed, arduous, challenging, complicated, confusing, daunting, delicate, dire, disordered, disquieting, disturbed, embarrassed, grim, harsh, intrusive, irritated, ominous, painstaking, precarious, puzzling, questionable, restive, sticky, tiresome, turbulent, uneasy, unfortunate, unpleasant, volatile, worrying.
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Other Related
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Adjective
alarming, annoying, awkward, burdensome, cumbersome, disruptive, distressing, disturbing, embarrassing, inconvenient, intractable, knotty, laborious, nagging, onerous, painful, problematic, problematical, sensitive, tedious, thorny, tough, tricky, troubled, troubling, uncomfortable, worrisome, unsettling.
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