Definitions
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- adjective
distressing ,worrying - verb Present participle of
trouble .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective causing distress or worry or anxiety
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Examples
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He was already preparing for a possible war with Iraq when he got what he called the troubling news about North Korea's nuclear program.
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One of Perry's rivals, businessman Herman Cain, called the use of the name troubling.
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In June 2010, I wrote in this space about a book, "The New Jim Crow," by Michelle Alexander, which I called a "troubling and profoundly necessary" work.
The Seattle Times 2012
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sharply criticized what she called "troubling practices" before and during the vote in
NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ 2011
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Finn had acknowledged a month earlier that he had known about suspected pornographic images of children on Ratigan's computer since December, when a technician found hundreds of what he called "troubling images" on the priest's laptop.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Lawsky says the agreements go a long way to clean up what he calls troubling practices in the mortgage industry.
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Whats even more troubling is the fact that any pictures were on there to begin with.
Best Buy Loaner Phone Filled With Pornography - The Consumerist 2009
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This magazine's behind the curveJust as Beautiful – "The new lifestyle magazine for curvy women" – is troubling from the start.
Why Ed reminds women of every bad ex-boyfriend Barbara Ellen 2010
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What's most troubling is not that this $65 tome may be on the wine shelf at Borders, but that it is the primary text book for teaching young chefs and sommeliers about the world of wine.
Wine: What Virginia and Maryland are up against Dave McIntyre 2010
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Equally troubling is the fact that this bill singles out the Roman Catholic Church.
skipvia commented on the word troubling
A school of goldfish
November 16, 2007
yarb commented on the word troubling
In the language of international diplomacy, this means outrageous or gubu.
E.g. "Chinese ministerial sources expressed regret at the outcome of the Taiwanese election, which they described as a troubling development."
November 16, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word troubling
See aboiement (if you're looking for a reason why it's on the Reesetee list).
January 5, 2008