Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Trouble; aggravation.
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- noun US, colloquial
Problems ortroubles .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Yiddish) aggravating trouble
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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That class of tsuris is one we have a competence in.
Why Rob Glaser Wants to Annoy Hollywood - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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That class of tsuris is one we have a competence in.
Why Rob Glaser Wants to Annoy Hollywood - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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I thought it best for my first JewSchool post to just jump right on in there with my latest political tsuris, which is aggrieving but still more fun than making my who-do-I-have-to-apologize-to-this-year list.
Jewschool 2008
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I thought it best for my first JewSchool post to just jump right on in there with my latest political tsuris, which is aggrieving but still more fun than making my who-do-I-have-to-apologize-to-this-year list.
Jewschool 2008
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As our protagonist solemnly tells the rabbi, "I've had quite a bit of 'tsuris' lately."
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As our protagonist solemnly tells the rabbi, "I've had quite a bit of 'tsuris' lately."
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You get a star, Mom gets a cross, and I get all the tsuris when you two are fighting about religion.
Brooklyn Story Suzanne Corso 2011
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He apparently had a "lot of tsuris with Lucy and Desi" he tells office manager Joan.
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It was almost as if Obama was walking away from the presidency itself, and all the tsuris it has brought him.
Lincoln Mitchell: Obama, Clinton and Selling the Tax Deal Lincoln Mitchell 2010
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Seventy percent of the people on line get turned away and it is just a lot of tsuris.
Geek Deal: Free Screenings of Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire | /Film 2008
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