From trouble + -some.
troublesome (comparative more troublesome, superlative most troublesome)
- Causing trouble or anxiety.
- Synonyms: vexatious, burdensome, wearisome
The computer has been very troublesome for me. It never works when I need to use it.
2022 June 15, Christian Wolmar, “What do the railways need and how can we fulfil that need?”, in RAIL, number 959, page 45:The problem is that the likes of Shapps and his boss Boris Johnson are eager for a fight with the unions. They are being deliberately provocative, so they can portray railway workers as 'troublesome trots'.
giving trouble
- Afrikaans: lastig
- Bulgarian: неприятен (bg) (neprijaten), досаден (bg) (dosaden)
- Chinese:
- Hokkien: 囉嗦／啰嗦 (zh-min-nan) (lô-so), lui-lui-tui-tui
- Mandarin: 討厭／讨厌 (zh) (tǎoyàn), 煩人／烦人 (zh) (fánrén), 麻煩／麻烦 (zh) (máfan)
- Danish: generende
- Esperanto: ĝena
- Finnish: vaivalloinen (fi), hankala (fi), työläs (fi)
- French: gênant (fr), troublant (fr)
- Galician: problemático m
- German: lästig (de), leidig (de), problembeladen, problematisch (de)
- Greek:
- Ancient: ὀχληρός (okhlērós), χαλεπός (khalepós), ἀργαλέος (argaléos)
- Hungarian: bajos (hu)
- Irish: aimpléiseach, trioblóideach
- Italian: problematico (it)
- Japanese: 厄介 (ja) (やっかい, yakkai), 迷惑 (ja) (めいわく, meiwaku), 面倒 (ja) (めんどう, mendō)
- Khmer: យ៉ាប់ (km) (yap)
- Latin: molestus
- Malay: susah (ms), menyusahkan
- Maori: whangawhanga, whakatōwenewene
- Middle English: noyous
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: sjenerende
- Polish: kłopotliwy (pl)
- Portuguese: problemático (pt), difícil (pt)
- Russian: беспоко́йный (ru) (bespokójnyj), хло́потный (ru) (xlópotnyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: draghail
- Spanish: problemático (es), prolijo (es)
- Swedish: besvärlig (sv)
- Welsh: helbulus (cy), trafferthus (cy)
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