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Meanings of troublemaker in English

Portuguese
desordeiro
Catalan
pertorbador

Someone who deliberately stirs up trouble.

desordeiro
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Examples for "troubler"
Examples for "troubler"
1
Point out this troubler to the king, and then cry the remedy.
Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut
2
Paul Kruger is at the present moment the real troubler of South Africa.
Native Races and the War
3
She has long been beneath the sod, this troubler of dreams.
Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 04 : Tales of Puritan...
4
On thee, the troubler of the poor world's peace!
Shakespeare's Insomnia, and the Causes Thereof
5
To others he is a religious enthusiast and the Japanese equivalent of a troubler of Israel.
The Foundations of Japan / Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 M...
1
Many other Lebanese Sunnis see him as a militant and trouble maker.
Reuters
2
They didn't know that the old gentleman was a famous trouble maker.
The Tale of Nimble Deer / Sleepy-Time Tales
3
But many Lebanese Sunnis see him as an extremist and a trouble maker.
Reuters
4
Veteran blogger Luvvie Ajayi likes to think of herself as a professional trouble maker.
Radio NZ
5
With them all Stella had been the pretty trouble maker.
The Film Mystery
1
The slanderer works secretly; this mischief-maker goes the plain way to work.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Second Kings Chapters VIII to En...
2
He abounds in these woods and his Indian name means the mischief-maker.
A Mating in the Wilds
3
I have no wish to pry or play mischief-maker, and, if Mr.
Miriam Monfort / A Novel
4
What had that wretched mischief-maker, that Castle girl, been saying to her?
John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein
5
It's a sort of mischief-maker, a demon I guess you'd call it.
Altered carbon
1
But it never occurred to me that he was a bad hat.
The Loudwater Mystery
2
Buckle, with his proverbially ' bad hat', usually under the table, yet invariably played superbly.
Chess History and Reminiscences
3
A bit of a bad hat, eh?
Swann's Way
4
Well, he's a bad hat.
None Other Gods
5
It's also funny, as it pops out from under Zaphod's chin, knocking his real head backwards, like a bad hat.
The Guardian
Usage of troublemaker in English
1
Even then, I couldn't bring myself to believe the troublemaker was Padmini.
Happiness key
2
Your accomplice-anotherknown troublemaker-willjoin you, as soon as he is located.
The city of ember: book 1
3
It was still there: Brenda Perkins and that gosh-darned troublemaker Dale Barbara.
Under the dome: a novel
4
They would just think I was a troublemaker with an overactive imagination.
The Guardian
5
Luther has proven to be a persistent troublemaker and a repeat offender.
A Long Way from Home
6
Last semester, he was seen as a troublemaker with a bad attitude.
Climbing Magazine
7
A simple psychotic troublemaker a commander can lock up and forget about.
The Forever War
8
And because people were glad that the vicious troublemaker had been caught.
The Land of Painted Caves
9
Patterson, Abraham Wilson is not on trial here for being a troublemaker.
Rage of angels
10
He was a troublemaker before the war, publishing lies about the Reich.
The kommandant's girl
11
Cher Lloyd: the X Factor troublemaker jumps off the production line.
The Irish Times
12
The sender of the first e-mail, however, is a devious troublemaker.
Enigma of China
13
Frebec may be a troublemaker, but I'm not so sure I blame him.
The Mammoth Hunters
14
They saw me as a bit of a troublemaker, reflected Costa.
The Guardian
15
Never a troublemaker, he was sure the principal barely knew who he was.
The Irish Times
16
Why does every Cave, every Camp, every group have to have a troublemaker?
The Mammoth Hunters
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Translations for troublemaker
Portuguese
desordeiro
Troublemaker through the time
Troublemaker across language varieties
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