Meanings
- Suffering difficulties.
He had a knack for getting in trouble.
Synonyms: in a world of pain, in a world of trouble
- alsoLiable to be punished for misbehavior; in disgrace.
You broke the binoculars?? You're in deep trouble, mister!
1 more example
He said Robins had not been in trouble with the law before and had no previous convictions. Jail would have an adverse effect on her and her three children as she was the main carer.
2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2022 - euphemisticPregnant, unmarried, and not likely to be married before giving birth.
She didn't even know she was in trouble.
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseSuffering difficulties.
Translations
Finnish pulassa, vaikeuksissa
- pulassasuffering difficulties
- vaikeuksissasuffering difficulties
- hankaluuksissasuffering difficulties
French en difficulté
- en difficultésuffering difficulties
German in Schwierigkeiten, Ärger kriegen
- in Schwierigkeitensuffering difficulties
- Ärger kriegensuffering difficulties
Hebrew בְּצָרוֹת
- בְּצָרוֹתsuffering difficulties
Irish i dtrioblóid
- i dtrioblóidsuffering difficulties
Polish mający kłopoty
- mający kłopotysuffering difficulties
Portuguese em apuros
- em apurossuffering difficulties
Romanian avea probleme
- avea problemesuffering difficulties
Cite this entry
in trouble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20trouble
“in trouble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20trouble. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in trouble,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20trouble.
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