Talk:troubled

additional meanings

2. difficult because of conflicts: troubled times.
3. (of water or waters) disturbed and churned up.
Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English

--Backinstadiums (talk) 10:22, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

@Backinstadiums See if this quote fits with one of these additional meanings--

2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?‎^[1], New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 284:

Uncle Blitzen was a troubled man. As a child, visiting backstage at a concert, he was fondled by a viola player and lived the rest of his days with an unnatural fear of stringed instruments.

--Geographyinitiative (talk) 20:47, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

@Geographyinitiative https://www.oed.com/oed2/00258791 --Backinstadiums (talk) 21:00, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Troubled teens

In what way are the children sent to "troubled teens" programs troubled? Surely it's the parents who are "anxious, worried, careworn"! --Simplificationalizer (talk) 22:12, 31 July 2021 (UTC)