Meanings
adjectivetroubling (comparative more troubling, superlative most troubling)
comparative more troubling · superlative most troubling
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of trouble
nountroubling (countable and uncountable, plural troublings)
plural troublings
- countableuncountableThe infliction of trouble or distress.
From all troublings of covetousness and ambition
1882, Philip Bennett Power, Litanies of daily life1 more example
The Popes censures and troublings of the Emperour [Chapter title]
1681, Henry Foulis, The History of Romish Treasons and Usurpations
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecausing distress or worry or anxiety
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek ταραχώδης
- ταραχώδης (tarakhṓdēs)distressing, worrying
Latin aerumnābilis
- aerumnābilisdistressing, worrying
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “troubling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/troubling.
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