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In literature, the word "troublesome" is employed to evoke a range of challenges, from minor irritations to profound existential complications. Authors have used it to describe both tangible and abstract nuisances—ranging from a burdensome visitor disrupting a man’s peace ([1]) to the vexation of uncertainty and self-doubt ([2]). It appears in character portrayals, as seen when individuals are depicted as difficult or capricious ([3], [4]), and is extended to situations and even natural phenomena that hinder progress or peace ([5], [6]). Moreover, "troublesome" is often imbued with a sense of inevitability or consequence, whether referring to personal misdemeanors ([7]), societal constraints ([8]), or the cumbersome logistics of travel and daily tasks ([9], [10]). This versatility underscores its role in literature as a descriptor for both the minor and the monumental challenges encountered by characters and in the unfolding of events.
  1. A HAPPY MAN A TROUBLESOME VISITOR AN ACTOR’S END
    — from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
  2. He asserted that nothing was more troublesome than incertitude, and therefore he condemned thought because it gives birth to doubt.
    — from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova
  3. she was certainly troublesome—to herself chiefly; but this morning for the first time she had been troublesome to Mr. Casaubon.
    — from Middlemarch by George Eliot
  4. And my child is a troublesome bad child, and costs me a world of scolding.
    — from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
  5. [241] were chiefly requisite; but the mosquitoes and the leeches, though less dangerous, were the most troublesome and most inveterate plagues.
    — from Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 1 of 2) by Henri Mouhot
  6. Constellations have always been troublesome things to name.
    — from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain
  7. He instinctively felt that in this respect it would be troublesome—and also rather bad form—to strike out for himself.
    — from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
  8. But in the particular counties of Kent and Sussex, the restrictions are still more troublesome.
    — from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
  9. This was enough, and tying my rope to the first round I dragged this troublesome burden after me to the window.
    — from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova
  10. The removal of the last traces of water from alcohol is very troublesome.
    — from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide by Various

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