troubles
Life's persistent headaches
Troubles are problems, difficulties, or sources of distress.
The plural often suggests multiple or ongoing concerns: She's had her share of troubles, money troubles, heart troubles.
To go to great troubles is to make considerable effort.
Someone's troubles can be their worries or their misfortunes: He drowned his troubles in whiskey. (Capitalized Troubles refers to the Northern Ireland conflict.)
Problems to overcome
- issuesMatters requiring attention
- complicationsDifficulties that emerge unexpectedly
- obstaclesThings in the way
- challengesDifficulties requiring effort
setbacks · snags · hitches · hurdles · impediments · dilemmas · predicaments · quandaries
Severe difficulty or suffering
- misfortuneAdverse circumstance or event
- difficultyState of being hard
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- privationLack of necessities
deprivation · poverty · struggle · ordeal · tribulation · setback · calamity · affliction
Troubled mental state
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- concernTroubled interest in something
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
- anguishIntense mental suffering
grief · sorrow · heartache · misery · suffering · torment · agony · woe
Playful troublesome behavior
- misconductImproper professional behavior
- delinquencyCriminal or neglectful behavior
- misbehaviorImproper or unruly conduct
- offenseViolation or umbrage
transgression · infractions · violations · lawbreaking · criminality · rebellion · defiance · disobedience
difficulties
Problems to overcome
- issuesMatters requiring attention
- complicationsDifficulties that emerge unexpectedly
- obstaclesThings in the way
challenges · setbacks · snags · hitches · hurdles · impediments · dilemmas · predicaments · quandaries · headaches
adversity
Severe difficulty or suffering
- misfortuneAdverse circumstance or event
- difficultyState of being hard
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
privation · deprivation · poverty · struggle · ordeal · tribulation · setback · calamity · affliction · trial
worry
Troubled mental state
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- concernTroubled interest in something
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
anguish · grief · sorrow · heartache · misery · suffering · torment · agony · woe · despair
mischief
Playful troublesome behavior
- misconductImproper professional behavior
- delinquencyCriminal or neglectful behavior
- misbehaviorImproper or unruly conduct
offense · transgression · infractions · violations · lawbreaking · criminality · rebellion · defiance · disobedience · waywardness
- sufferingagony, anguish, misery, pain, torment
- annoyancesannoyance, annoyances, irritations, irritation, nuisance
- hardshipshardship, adversity, struggle, misfortune, difficulties
- blundersblunder, blunders, blundered, mistakes, botch
- complaintscomplaint, complain, complaints, complaint form, complaint letter
- conflictsargument, fight, war, battle, dispute
troubleseases
Reduces severity or difficulty
comforts · aids · helps · advantages · conveniences
troublespeace
Freedom from disturbance
peace of mind · comforts · tranquility · serenity · contentment
troublesblessings
Favors from the divine
fortunes · good fortune · benefits · boons · advantages
- in troubleFacing difficulty or punishment
- get into troubleIncur negative consequences
- big troubleSevere difficulty or danger
- deep troubleSevere difficulty or danger
- double troubleTwo problems at once
- looking for troubleActively seeking conflict
trouble, troubled, troubling, troublesome, untroubled, troublemaker, troublemakers, troubleshooter, troubleshoot