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Meanings of troubling in English

Causing distress or worry or anxiety.

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      I called the police six days ago to report a troubling situation.
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      That kind of success rate is troubling, given the meticulously managed conditions.
      Wired
      3
      This is a deeply troubling presidency-anda dangerous period in American history.
      The post-american presidency: the obama administration's war on ...
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      An Israeli security research firm has come forward with a troubling discovery.
      Wired
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      Too often these youths are troubling statistics in need of a solution.
      Reuters
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      Physicians said the possible exemption of premium cigars from regulation was troubling.
      Reuters
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      The recent complex attack on Bagram Air Field raises similarly troubling questions.
      Wired
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      These are just some of the many themes troubling young people today.
      Radio NZ
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      This week, the AIDS Foundations released troubling results from its latest survey.
      Radio NZ
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      REGULATION Other aspects of the property market's recovery are more troubling, however.
      Reuters
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      Mind Moves:Last week, I attended a function that I found deeply troubling.
      The Irish Times
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      Even more troubling, newspapers can overvalue police accounts of their own violence.
      The Guardian
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      This question is troubling because I think, fundamentally, the media is non-partisan.
      NY Magazine
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      In these uncertain, troubling times, it could be exactly what people need.
      The Guardian
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      He can no longer put off troubling questions: where were the students?
      The new yorker
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      He means well. Whatever happened to be troubling me at the moment.
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