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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
troubling
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Besides, somehow she didn't want to be on her own with her troubling thoughts.
▪ But beyond them lies a more troubling general question.
▪ But while Manuela was a mirror in which I glimpsed troubling facets of my own personality, hers presented no problems.
▪ He stopped worrying over the troubling knowledge which he could not quite remember.
▪ It provides a superficially plausible answer to deep and troubling questions about existence.
▪ The most troubling of these measures is the first, which is presumably for the benefit of the security services.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Troubling

Trouble \Trou"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Troubled; p. pr. & vb. n. Troubling.] [F. troubler, OF. trobler, trubler, tourbler,fr. (assumed) LL. turbulare, L. turbare to disorderly group, a little crowd; both from turba a disorder, tumult, crowd; akin to Gr. ?, and perhaps to E. thorp; cf. Skr. tvar, tur,o hasten. Cf. Turbid.]

  1. To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.

    An angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water.
    --John v. 4.

    God looking forth will trouble all his host.
    --Milton.

  2. To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex.

    Now is my soul troubled.
    --John xii. 27.

    Take the boy to you; he so troubles me 'T is past enduring.
    --Shak.

    Never trouble yourself about those faults which age will cure.
    --Locke.

  3. To give occasion for labor to; -- used in polite phraseology; as, I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.

    Syn: To disturb; perplex; afflict; distress; grieve; harass; annoy; tease; vex; molest.

Wiktionary
troubling

  1. distressing, worrying n. The infliction of trouble or distress. v

  2. (present participle of trouble English)

WordNet
troubling

adj. causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time" [syn: distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, worrisome, worrying]

Usage examples of "troubling".

At her house I made the acquaintance of several gamblers, and of three or four frauleins who, without any dread of the Commissaries of Chastity, were devoted to the worship of Venus, and were so kindly disposed that they were not afraid of lowering their nobility by accepting some reward for their kindness--a circumstance which proved to me that the Commissaries were in the habit of troubling only the girls who did not frequent good houses.

I escorted my niece into her room, and begged her to go to bed without troubling about me, and so saying I took up the paper and began to read it.

He began to chide his daughter for troubling me with her presence when I had such fair company already, but Marcoline hastened to say that Irene could only have given me pleasure, for in my capacity of her uncle I was always glad when she was able to enjoy the society of a sweet young girl.

Far from troubling their sport, I excited them, in order to enjoy a spectacle with which I had long been acquainted.

I felt certain that she had recognized me, but not troubling myself about the matter I left the gardens to walk elsewhere.

Full of this idea I went back to the inn, and had my dinner in my own room without troubling to enquire after her.

However, she soon fell back into her old ways when she found that my politeness was merely external, and that I had no intentions whatever of troubling her in her bedroom again.

Without troubling to look at him I said I would pay in advance, and gave him a coin requesting him to bring me the change.

I sheathed my sword, and, without troubling myself about him, got into my coach and drove back to Paris.

When the day dawned our hearts were gladdened because Lisbon was no longer in sight, and as we were in need of rest I laid down on a seat, while the count got into a hammock, neither of us troubling to undress.

I put out the candle, and without troubling about the aroph, we set ourselves to the pleasant task of proving that we truly loved each other.

Our conversation then took a tender turn, and we were about to seal our mutual ardours without troubling about the aroph, when prudence bade us beware.

I had guessed that I should be troubling you, I should certainly have brought one.

And though Figgis repeatedly asked what was troubling him, Gilwyn kept the knowledge of the girl to himself, sure that Figgis would berate him for skulking around Lionkeep looking for her.

Gilwyn stood like a statue in the corridor, his head full of troubling questions.