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Webster 1828 Edition


Troubling

TROUBLING

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ppr.
trub'ling. Disturbing; agitating; molesting; annoying; afflicting.

TROUBLING

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Noun.
trub'ling. The act of disturbing or putting in commotion. John 5.
1.
The act of afflicting.

Definition 2024


troubling

troubling

English

Adjective

troubling (comparative more troubling, superlative most troubling)

  1. distressing, worrying

Derived terms

Verb

troubling

  1. present participle of trouble

Noun

troubling (plural troublings)

  1. The infliction of trouble or distress.
    • Donald Friend
      Even more important in contributing to a sense of welfare, we both made drawings all the morning, and have laid at rest the troublings of artistic conscience.