Literary notes about troublesome (AI summary)
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.
- A HAPPY MAN A TROUBLESOME VISITOR AN ACTOR’S END
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - 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 - 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 - And my child is a troublesome bad child, and costs me a world of scolding.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens - [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 - Constellations have always been troublesome things to name.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain - 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 - 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 - 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 - The removal of the last traces of water from alcohol is very troublesome.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide by Various