troublesome

troublesome
/trub"euhl seuhm/, adj.
1. causing trouble, annoyance, or difficulty; vexatious: a troublesome situation; a troublesome person.
2. laborious; difficult.
3. Archaic. full of distress or affliction.
[1540-50; TROUBLE + -SOME1]
Syn. 1. perplexing, galling, harassing. 2. arduous, hard, burdensome.
Ant. 2. easy.

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