trouble

A distressing or dangerous situation.countableuncountable

• He was in trouble when the rain started.

A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.countableuncountable

• The trouble was a leaking brake line.
• The bridge column magnified the trouble with a slight tilt in the wrong direction.

A person liable to place others or themselves in such a situation.countableuncountable

• Get me on the court and I'm trouble Last week, messed around and got a triple double
• ’Cause I knew you were trouble when you walked in So shame on me no-ow

The state of being troubled, disturbed, or distressed mentally; unease, disquiet.countableuncountable

• Yet oft when sundown skirts the moor ⁠An inner trouble I behold, ⁠A spectral doubt which makes me cold, That I shall be thy mate no more, […]

Objectionable feature of something or someone; problem, drawback, weakness, failing, or shortcoming.countableuncountable

• Your trouble is that you quit too readily.
• The trouble with that suggestion is that we lack the funds to put it in motion.

Violent or turbulent occurrence or event; unrest, disturbance.countableuncountable

• the troubles in Northern Ireland

Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required.countableuncountable

• It’s no trouble for me to edit it.

Difficulty in doing something.countableuncountable

• She has trouble eating.

Health problems, ailment, generally of some particular part of the body.countableuncountable

• He’s been in hospital with some heart trouble.

A malfunction.countableuncountable

• My old car has engine trouble.

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

• For an Angel went downe at a certaine season into the poole, and troubled the water:
• God looking forth will trouble all his Hoſt

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

• What she said about narcissism is troubling me.

In weaker sense: to bother or inconvenience.transitive

• I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.

To physically afflict.transitiveusually

• My bad knee is troubling me.

To take pains (to do something); to bother.intransitivereflexive

• I won’t trouble to post the letter today; I can do it tomorrow.

To worry; to be anxious.intransitive

• Why trouble about the future? It is wholly uncertain.