Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TROUB-LE-SOME
TROUB-LE-SOME, a. [trub'lsome.]
- Giving trouble or disturbance; molesting; annoying; vexatious. In warm climates, insects are very troublesome.
- Burdensome; tiresome; wearisome. My mother will never be troublesome to me. Pope.
- Giving inconvenience to. I wish not to be troublesome as a guest.
- Teasing; importunate; as, a troublesome applicant.
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