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Webster 1913 Edition
Troubler
Trou′bler
,Noun.
One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber;
as, a
. troubler
of the peaceThe rich
troublers
of the world’s repose. Waller.
Webster 1828 Edition
Troubler
TROUBLER
,Noun.
The rich troublers of the world's repose.
Definition 2024
troubler
troubler
English
Noun
troubler (plural troublers)
- One who, or that which, troubles; a disturber.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
- They are the troublers, they are the dividers of unity, who neglect and permit not others to unite those dissever'd peeces which are yet wanting to the body of Truth.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
French
Etymology
From Old French trobler, trubler, from Vulgar Latin *turbulāre (with metathesis), from Latin turbāre, present active infinitive of turbō. Compare Romanian tulbura.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁuble/
Verb
troubler
- to disturb, disrupt (order, sleep, judgement etc.)
- to disturb, to trouble (someone)
- (reflexive) to cloud, become cloudy (of water); to become cloudy, become overcast (of sky)
- (reflexive) to become flustered
Conjugation
Conjugation of troubler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | troubler | avoir troublé | |||||
| gerund | en troublant | en ayant troublé | |||||
| present participle | troublant /tʁu.blɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | troublé /tʁu.ble/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | trouble /tʁubl/ |
troubles /tʁubl/ |
trouble /tʁubl/ |
troublons /tʁu.blɔ̃/ |
troublez /tʁu.ble/ |
troublent /tʁubl/ |
| imperfect | troublais /tʁu.blɛ/ |
troublais /tʁu.blɛ/ |
troublait /tʁu.blɛ/ |
troublions /tʁu.bli.jɔ̃/ |
troubliez /tʁu.bli.je/ |
troublaient /tʁu.blɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | troublai /tʁu.ble/ |
troublas /tʁu.bla/ |
troubla /tʁu.bla/ |
troublâmes /tʁu.blam/ |
troublâtes /tʁu.blat/ |
troublèrent /tʁu.blɛʁ/ |
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| future | troublerai /tʁu.blə.ʁe/ |
troubleras /tʁu.blə.ʁa/ |
troublera /tʁu.blə.ʁa/ |
troublerons /tʁu.blə.ʁɔ̃/ |
troublerez /tʁu.blə.ʁe/ |
troubleront /tʁu.blə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | troublerais /tʁu.blə.ʁɛ/ |
troublerais /tʁu.blə.ʁɛ/ |
troublerait /tʁu.blə.ʁɛ/ |
troublerions /tʁu.blə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
troubleriez /tʁu.blə.ʁje/ |
troubleraient /tʁu.blə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | trouble /tʁubl/ |
troubles /tʁubl/ |
trouble /tʁubl/ |
troublions /tʁu.bli.jɔ̃/ |
troubliez /tʁu.bli.je/ |
troublent /tʁubl/ |
| imperfect1 |
troublasse /tʁu.blas/ |
troublasses /tʁu.blas/ |
troublât /tʁu.bla/ |
troublassions /tʁu.bla.sjɔ̃/ |
troublassiez /tʁu.bla.sje/ |
troublassent /tʁu.blas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | trouble /tʁubl/ |
— | troublons /tʁu.blɔ̃/ |
troublez /tʁu.ble/ |
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