[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

trouble \trou"ble\, v. t. imp.  p. p. troubled; p. pr.  vb.
   n. troubling. f. troubler, of. trobler, trubler,
   tourbler,fr. assumed ll. turbulare, l. turbare to
   disorderly group, a little crowd; both from turba a disorder,
   tumult, crowd; akin to gr. ?, and perhaps to e. thorp; cf.
   skr. tvar, tur,o hasten. cf. turbid.
   1. to put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.
      1913 webster

            an angel went down at a certain season into the
            pool, and troubled the water.         --john v. 4.
      1913 webster

            god looking forth will trouble all his host.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. to disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to
      grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex.
      1913 webster

            now is my soul troubled.              --john xii.
                                                  27.
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            take the boy to you; he so troubles me
            't is past enduring.                  --shak.
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            never trouble yourself about those faults which age
            will cure.                            --locke.
      1913 webster

   3. to give occasion for labor to; -- used in polite
      phraseology; as, i will not trouble you to deliver the
      letter.
      1913 webster

   syn: to disturb; perplex; afflict; distress; grieve; harass;
        annoy; tease; vex; molest.
        1913 webster
see also:
troubled troubling turbid 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

troubling
     adj : causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing or
           disturbing news"; "lived in heroic if something
           distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime";
           "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and
           troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome
           predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time"
           syn: distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing,
            worrisome, worrying
see also:
distressing distressful disturbing perturbing worrisome worrying 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

76 moby thesaurus words for "troubling":
   aggravating, agitating, annoying, bothering, bothersome,
   breathtaking, charged, cliff-hanging, disquieting, distracting,
   disturbing, electric, exasperating, exciting, exhilarating,
   galling, galvanic, harassing, heady, heart-expanding,
   heart-stirring, heart-swelling, heart-thrilling, importunate,
   importune, impressive, inflammatory, intoxicating, irking, irksome,
   irritating, jarring, jolting, maddening, mind-blowing, moving,
   overcoming, overmastering, overpowering, overwhelming, perturbing,
   pesky, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, piquant,
   plaguesome, plaguey, plaguing, provocative, provoking, ravishing,
   soul-stirring, spirit-stirring, stimulating, stimulative, stirring,
   striking, suspenseful, suspensive, tantalizing, teasing, telling,
   thrilling, thrilly, tiresome, tormenting, troublesome, unsettling,
   upsetting, vexatious, vexing, wearisome, worrisome, worrying

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http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0506-01.htm, score=62, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 8:00 pm

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