troublement

plural troublements

1. countableuncountableThe feeling of being troubled; upset or anxiety.

   Though some troublement and worriment was on his face.

   2018, Harry Stephen Keeler, The Affair of the Bottled Deuce, page 134

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   The Lord was with me, and I was not fearful of it; howbeit, it did cause great troublement and disturbance to many worthy people in my parish.

   1844, Charles Churchill, The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill

   Troublement and emotion crackled just below the blanketing surface.

   2000, Diane Carey, Ship of the Line

   In the later telling, this twenty-word description is internalized and greatly expanded, as the listener is invited to follow the action through Merrywise's thoughts and senses: "He couldn't get to sleep, because he had all these troublements in his mind, and also because she snored.

   2001, Carl Lindahl, Perspectives on the Jack Tales: And Other North American Märchen

2. countableuncountableA problem; something that causes trouble.

   Well, weuns makes it by de goats widout any troublements an' finally comes to a road.

   1999, I was a Slave: The breeding of slaves, page 57

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   We have this confidence: that amidst all the travails, troublements, tragedies of this life, God invites us to build a strong, solid future for our families and friends, our community and our world.

   1998, Kennon L. Callahan, Twelve Keys for Living: Possibilities for a Whole, Healthy Life, page 46

   “Don't blame me;” I told them, “for all your troublements and woes: blame the island!'

   2013, Avram Davidson, The Island Under the Earth