# troubling

Pronunciation: say "TRUB-ling" /ˈtɹʌblɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Causing worry or distress.
   - Simple: Making someone feel worried, upset, or uneasy.
   - _The committee found the latest financial figures troubling._
   - _Investigators uncovered a troubling pattern of negligence at the plant._

## Verb

2. Present participle of trouble. — present participle and gerund of trouble
   - Simple: Present participle of trouble. Use it when something is bothering or upsetting someone right now.
   - _The economic outlook is troubling investors across the region._
   - _A persistent cough kept troubling him through the night._

## Noun

3. The act of causing someone trouble or distress.
   - Simple: The act of bothering or upsetting someone.
   - _The deliberate troubling of witnesses delayed the trial for weeks._
   - _Her novel dwells on the troubling of ordinary lives by war._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/troubling (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).