troubled
[adjective]
Synonyms: distraught, distracted, distrait, distressed, harassed, tormented, worried

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English Thesaurus: worried, anxious, nervous, uneasy, concerned, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

troub‧led /ˈtrʌbəld/ adjective
[Word Family: adjective: troubled, troublesome, troubling; verb: trouble; noun: trouble]

1. worried or anxious
troubled face/eyes/look
Benson looked troubled when he heard the news.

2. having many problems:
These are troubled times for the coal industry.
the troubled electronics company
troubled marriage/relationship

3. troubled waters a difficult situation, especially where there is a lot of disagreement and problems:
We don’t want to enter the troubled waters of race and religion.
pour oil on troubled waters (=try to make an angry situation calmer)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

troubled
adj.
VERBS be, feel, look
ADV. deeply, greatly, particularly, very | vaguely She still felt vaguely troubled by it all.
financially financially troubled firms
PREP. at/by He was deeply troubled by the news.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

worried not feeling happy or relaxed because you keep thinking about a problem or something bad that might happen:
I was worried that you had forgotten our date.
It’s awful if you are worried about money.
I was so worried that I couldn’t sleep at all.
anxious worried because you think something bad might happen or has happened. Anxious is more formal than worried, and is often used about a general feeling of worry, when you are not sure what has happened:
A lot of employees are anxious about their jobs.
Anxious relatives waited for news.
nervous worried or frightened about something you are going to do or experience, and unable to relax:
Everyone feels nervous before an exam.
The thought of going into hospital was making me nervous.
uneasy a little worried because you feel there may be something wrong and you are not sure what is going to happen:
When she still wasn’t home by midnight, I began to feel uneasy.
The total silence was making me feel uneasy.
concerned formal worried, usually about a problem affecting someone else or affecting the country or the world:
Many people are concerned about the current economic situation.
Police say that they are concerned for the safety of the missing girl.
bothered [not before noun] worried by something that happens – often used in negative sentences:
She didn’t seem particularly bothered by the news.
troubled very worried, so that you think about something a lot:
She fell into a troubled sleep.
a troubled expression
‘Are you okay, Ben? You look troubled.’
apprehensive especially written a little worried about something you are going to do, or about the future, because you are not sure what it will be like:
I felt a bit apprehensive about seeing him again after so long.
stressed (out) informal very worried and tired because of problems, too much work etc, and unable to relax or enjoy life:
He’d been working ten hours a day for ages and was stressed out.
an extremely stressed single mother

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