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Antonyms for troubled


Grammar : Adj
Spell : truhb-uhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtrʌb əl



Definition of troubled

Origin :
  • in reference to waters, etc., late 14c., past participle adjective from trouble (v.).
  • adj worried
  • adj psychologically disturbed
  • adj upset
Example sentences :
  • They were both silent for a few moments; and Eudora's countenance was troubled.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • The unaccountable change in Eudora's character perplexed and troubled her.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • It was an element of spasmodic conscience than he saw here, and it troubled him.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • It troubled him—the insistent feeling of the eyes which had been upon him.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • I was, in a manner, forced to work, yet I was uneasy and troubled in my mind.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • But what troubled her most of all was that he should be so careless about the wrong he had done, whatever it was.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • The master-shipman looked at the knight with a troubled face.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • It was plain he was troubled; plain too he was only waiting for the coverture of the house to speak.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • For a few seconds, the young man stared at her with troubled eyes.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Madam, you have interrupted me in the middle of my period, and have troubled my memory.
  • Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire

Synonyms for troubled

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