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Troublesome

Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome.

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Difficult 84% connected

Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.

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Difficult 84% connected

Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.

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Hard 84% connected

Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…

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Hard 84% connected

Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…

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Inconvenience 74% connected

The quality or condition of being inconvenient; want of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of t…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Inconvenience 74% connected

The quality or condition of being inconvenient; want of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of t…

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Anxiety reaction noun · 78% connection

an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheade…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, trouble, anxiety, vexatious, burdensome.
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Bedevilment noun · 78% connection

The state of being bedeviled; bewildering confusion; vexatious trouble.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, trouble, anxiety, vexatious, burdensome.
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Bother verb · 78% connection

To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, trouble, anxiety, vexatious, burdensome.
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Bothersome adjective · 78% connection

Vexatious; causing bother; causing trouble or perplexity; troublesome.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, trouble, anxiety, vexatious, burdensome.
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Burden noun · 78% connection

That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, trouble, anxiety, vexatious, burdensome.
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Care noun · 78% connection

A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, trouble, anxiety, vexatious, burdensome.
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Careful adjective · 78% connection

Filling with care or solicitude; exposing to concern, anxiety, or trouble; painful.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, trouble, anxiety, vexatious, burdensome.
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Charge verb · 78% connection

Heed; care; anxiety; trouble.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, trouble, anxiety, vexatious, burdensome.
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Cumber verb · 78% connection

To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an obj…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, trouble, anxiety, vexatious, burdensome.
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Cumbersome adjective · 78% connection

Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, trouble, anxiety, vexatious, burdensome.
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Cumbrous adjective · 78% connection

Giving trouble; vexatious.

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Difficulty noun · 78% connection

an effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the te…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, trouble, anxiety, vexatious, burdensome.
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Dree adjective · 78% connection

Wearisome; tedious.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, trouble, anxiety, vexatious, burdensome.
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Drudgery noun · 78% connection

The act of drudging; disagreeable and wearisome labor; ignoble or slavish toil.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, trouble, anxiety, vexatious, burdensome.
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Gad noun · 78% connection

an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheade…

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Generalized anxiety disorder noun · 78% connection

an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheade…

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Importunee adjective · 78% connection

Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence, vexatious on account of untimely urgency or perinacious solicitation.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, trouble, anxiety, vexatious, burdensome.
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Incommodious adjective · 78% connection

Tending to incommode; not commodious; not affording ease or advantage; unsuitable; giving trouble; inconvenient; annoying; as, an inco…

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