Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TROUB-LE, n. [trub'l.]

1. Disturbance of mind; agitation; commotion of spirits; perplexity; a word of very extensive application.
2. Affliction; calamity. He shall deliver thee in six troubles. Job v. Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. Ps. xxv.
3. Molestation; inconvenience; annoyance. Lest the fiend some new trouble raise. Milton.
4. Uneasiness; vexation. Milton.
5. That which gives disturbance, annoyance or vexation; that which afflicts.