Trouble

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Problems

Synonyms Problems, issues, inconvenience, anxiety, concern, unease, vexation, stress, harassment, hassle, misfortune, trial, trauma, hardship, pain, affliction, woe, unhappiness, heartache, travails, in difficulties, in a mess, in a predicament, heading for disaster, in shtook, in a fix, in hot water, in a pickle, screwed, up a gum tree, difficulty, bother, worry, distress, disquiet, irritation, annoyance, agitation, unpleasantness, problem, issue, tribulation, adversity, burden, suffering, torment, grief, sadness, misery, in difficulty, having problems, in a bad way, in dire/desperate straits, heading for the rocks, in a tight corner/spot, in a hole, in a jam, in the soup, and up against it.

Disease

Synonyms Disease, sickness, complaint, disorder, dysfunction, failure, fault, illness, ailment, problem, disability, malfunction, and breakdown.

Bother

Synonyms Bother, fuss, exertion, labour, care, thought, inconvenience, effort, work, pains, attention, and hassle.

Nuisance

Synonyms Nuisance, inconvenience, irritant, trial, cause of annoyance, thorn in someone's flesh/side, pain in the neck, pain in the backside, bore, burr in/under someone's saddle, fair cow, bother, irritation, problem, pest, source of difficulty, headache, pain, drag, pain in the butt, and nudnik.

Shortcoming

Synonyms Shortcoming, weak point, fault, defect, problem, weakness, failing, imperfection, blemish, and difficulty.

Disturbance

Synonyms Disturbance, unrest, fighting, conflict, commotion, uproar, fracas, brouhaha, breach of the peace, to-do, hullabaloo, disorder, bother, scuffling, tumult, turbulence, ructions, rumpus, furore, affray, hoo-ha, and kerfuffle.

Worry

Synonyms Worry, cause concern to, disturb, make anxious, make uneasy, distress, alarm, annoy, vex, torment, nag, gnaw at, oppress, burden, perplex, bug, bother, concern, upset, make uncomfortable, agitate, grieve, perturb, irritate, irk, plague, niggle, prey on someone's mind, weigh down, afflict, and puzzle.

Be anxious

Synonyms Be anxious, be concerned, worry, fret, be distressed, concern oneself, upset oneself, and agonize.

Be afflicted with/by

Synonyms Be afflicted with/by, be beset with/by, be incapacitated with, be cursed with, be a martyr to, be bedevilled by, be dogged by, be racked with, suffer from, and ail with.

Inconvenience

Synonyms Inconvenience, bother, create difficulties for, put out, hassle, incommode, cause inconvenience to, impose on, disturb, disoblige, and discommode.

Bother

Synonyms Bother, go to the trouble, exert oneself, take the trouble/time, make the effort, and go out of one's way.

Example Sentences

He ran into trouble at school.

She is always getting into trouble.

The engine is having some trouble.

They were in serious trouble.

Don’t get yourself into trouble.

He had trouble sleeping last night.

She avoided trouble by staying quiet.

I’m having trouble understanding this.

He’s known for causing trouble.

They had trouble finding the place.