[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That troubles; causing trouble.

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a. 1325.  Prose Psalter, li[i]. 4. Þou louedest alle trubland wordes.

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1552.  Huloet, Troublynge, angens.

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a. 1684.  Leighton, Comm. 1 Peter v. 7. Wks. (1868), 291. The troubling cares of men.

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1851.  Lynch, Sabbath Medit., in Lett. to Scattered (1872), 157. A third troubling thought.

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1871.  Howells, Wedd. Journ. (1892), 66. They disposed of their troubling bags and packages.

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