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Trouble; anxiety; worry.

TROUBLER
One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace. The rich troublers of the world's repose. Waller.
TROUBLESOME
Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome. This troublesome world. Book of Common Prayer. These troublesome disguises that we wear. Milton. My mother will never be troublesome to me. Pope. Syn. -- Uneasy; vexatious; perplexing;
ANXIETY
A state of restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium. Dunglison. Syn. -- Care; solicitude; foreboding; uneasiness; perplexity; disquietude; disquiet; trouble; apprehension;
TROUBLE
turbulare, L. turbare to disorderly group, a little crowd; both from turba a disorder, tumult, crowd; akin to Gr. thorp; cf. Skr. tvar, 1. To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate. An angel went down at a certain season into the pool,
WORRY
worgen, wurgen, to strangle, OHG. wurgen, G. würgen, Lith. verszti, 1. To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth. A hellhound that doth hunt us all to death; That dog that had his teeth before
WORRYINGLY
In a worrying manner.
OVERTROUBLED
Excessively troubled.
OVERANXIETY
The state of being overanxious; excessive anxiety.
DISTROUBLE
To trouble. Spenser.