causing trouble, annoyance, or difficulty; vexatious

a troublesome situation; a troublesome person.

laborious; difficult.

Archaic . full of distress or affliction.

adjective

easy , helpful , nice , useful

adjective

alarming , annoying , arduous , burdensome , damaging , dangerous , demanding , difficult , disquieting , harassing , hard , heavy , importunate , inconvenient , infestive , intractable , irksome , irritating , laborious , mean , messy , murder , oppressive , painful , pesky , pestiferous , pestilential , problematic , refractory , repressive , rough , taxing , tiresome , tough , tricky , troublous , trying , ugly , ungovernable , unruly , uphill , upsetting , vexatious , vexing , wearisome , wicked , worrying , incommodious , disruptive , distressful , distressing , intrusive , perturbing , unsettling , worrisome , bothersome , galling , nettlesome , plaguy , provoking , afflictive , belligerent , disturbing , fractious , onerous , sticky