trouble definition

1. a source of difficulty
• examples: one trouble after another delayed the job
• examples: what's the problem?
2. an event causing distress or pain
• examples: what is the trouble?
• examples: heart trouble
3. an effort that is inconvenient
• examples: I went to a lot of trouble
• examples: he won without any trouble
• examples: had difficulty walking
• examples: finished the test only with great difficulty
4. an unwanted pregnancy
• examples: he got several girls in trouble
5. to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
• examples: Sorry to trouble you, but...
6. take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
• examples: He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday
• examples: Don't bother, please
7. cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed