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Meaning of troubling

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

troubling

verb

Definitions

  1. To disturb, stir up, agitate (a medium, especially water).

  2. To mentally distress; to cause (someone) to be anxious or perplexed.

    Example: What she said about narcissism is troubling me.

  3. In weaker sense: to bother or inconvenience.

    Example: I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.

  4. To take pains to do something.

    Example: I won't trouble to post the letter today; I can do it tomorrow.

noun

Definitions

  1. The infliction of trouble or distress.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Distressing, worrying