troubled
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(a) characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need
- troubled areas
- fell into a troubled sleep
- a troubled expression
- troubled teenagers
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(s) characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
- effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive
- riotous times
- these troubled areas
- the tumultuous years of his administration
- a turbulent and unruly childhood