Usually means: Difficulties or problems causing distress.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. troubles: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. troubles: Merriam-Webster
  3. troubles, the Troubles: Collins English Dictionary
  4. troubles: Vocabulary.com
  5. Trouble's, Troubles, trouble's, troubles: Wordnik
  6. troubles, the Troubles, the troubles: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. Troubles, troubles: Wiktionary
  8. Troubles, the troubles: Dictionary.com
  9. troubles: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. The Troubles (Haven), The Troubles (Law & Order episode), The Troubles (Northern Ireland), The Troubles (Wolfe Tones album), The Troubles, The troubles, Troubles (band), Troubles (disambiguation), Troubles (novel), Troubles: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. The Troubles, troubles: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. The Troubles, troubles: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Troubles, troubles: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Troubles, troubles: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Troubles: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Troubles)

▸ noun:  (Ireland, historical) The continued violence and terrorist, military and paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland that happened from the mid 1960s to the late 1990s.

Similar:
problem, bother, hassle, disturb, afflict, upset, perturb, worry, discommode, cark, more...

Opposite:
peace, harmony, tranquility, ease, comfort

Phrases:
teething troubles, engine troubles, The Troubles, troubles about, troubles over, more...

Adjectives:
own, many, financial, political, domestic, internal, serious, economic, indian, present, personal



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Similar:
problem, bother, hassle, disturb, afflict, upset, perturb, worry, discommode, cark, more...

Opposite:
peace, harmony, tranquility, ease, comfort

Phrases:
teething troubles, engine troubles, The Troubles, troubles about, troubles over, Time of Troubles, Timeline of the Troubles, Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag, The Troubles in Derry, Cortina Troubles, more...

Adjectives:
own, many, financial, political, domestic, internal, serious, economic, indian, present, personal



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