Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: trouble – truly
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trouble (-d, troubling, -s), v. [L. turbulare.]
- Agitate; disturb; put into confused motion.
- Perplex; tease.
- Afflict; grieve, distress; vex, molest.
troubled, verbal adj. [see trouble, v.]
- Restless; difficult; perplexed; discomforting; unsettling; [fig.] stormy; turbulent; tempest-tossed; ill at ease.
- Pounding; throbbing; fluttering; palpitating; pulsing quicker than usual; beating faster than normal; off the regular beat; [fig.] stirred with emotion.
trough (-s), n. [OE trog.]
Ditch; channel; hollow that carries water; depression between waves.
troupe, n. [Fr.; see troop, n.]
Company; band; group of dancers; corp de ballet.
trowsers, n. [Ir.]
Pants; breeches; pantaloons; [fig.] fabric; material; stuff; [metaphor] colored clouds; sunrise hues.
trudge (trudging), v. [unknown.]
March; travel by foot; [pejorative sense] plod; move slowly; walk with heavy feet; [ameliorative sense] persist in spite of difficulty.
trudging, verbal adj. [see trudge, v.]
Heavy; plodding; moving with difficulty; [fig.] bare; cold; frozen; tired; poorly shod; [ameliorative sense] relentless; unflagging; slow but steady; persistent in spite of difficulty.
true (-r, -est), adj. [Sax. treow, faithful, faith, trust.]
- Honest; honorable; upright; virtuous; trustworthy; sincere; not deceitful; truthful in actions; unfeigned in feelings; free from falsehood.
- Authentic; reliable; dependable; trustworthy.
- Real; verifiable; not false; not pretended; realized in actual experience; actually to be fulfilled.
- Genuine; pure; real; rightly answering to the description; not counterfeit, adulterated, false, spurious, or imaginary.
- Steadfast; loyal; faithful; constant; firm in allegiance.
- Conformable to fact; according to reality; in accordance with the actual state of things.
- Straight; right.
- Exact; precise; conformable; according.
truffled, adj. [possibly Fr.]
Fleshy; plump; round; rotund; edible; succulent.
truly, adv. [see true, adj.]
In fact; in deed; in reality; speaking truthfully.