Troublesome \Trou"ble*some\, a. Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome. This troublesome world. --Book of Common Prayer. These troublesome disguises that we wear. --Milton. My mother will never be troublesome to me. --Pope. Syn: Uneasy; vexatious; perplexing; harassing; annoying; disgusting; irksome; afflictive; burdensome; tiresome; wearisome; importunate. -- {Trou"ble*some*ly}, adv. -- {Trou"ble*some*ness}, n.