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adj. Causing trouble or anxiety; worrisome.

adj. Difficult; trying.

adj. Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome.

adj. Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome.

Annoying; vexatious: as, a troublesome cough; a troublesome neighbor.

Difficult; trying: as, a troublesome shoal or reef; a troublesome fellow to deal with.

Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous.

Troublous; disturbed.

Synonyms and Harassing, wearisome, perplexing, galling.

adj. difficult to deal with

"SWEENEY: Well, I'm quoting here from "The International Herald Tribune," or at least paraphrasing, saying that while people and reporters were aware that a propaganda campaign was underway quite quickly by the Chinese authorities, that many journalists approved of upbeat stories based on national unity, and to the avoidance of what they call troublesome issues."

difficult    hard   

nontroublesome    untroublesome   

importunate    uneasy    irksome    wearisome    perplexing    harassing    tiresome    disgusting    afflictive    annoying   

disagreeable    difficult    tedious    unhappy    annoy    foolish    inconvenient    perilous    restless    mischievous