English → Latin
“troublesome” in Latin
molestustroublesome, irksome, grievous, annoying, tiresomegravisheavy; pregnant; troublesome, hardincommodusinconvenient, unsuitable, unfit, unseasonable; troublesome, disagreeableinīquusunjust, unfair; unequal, uneven; unfavourable, disadvantageousdūrushard; rough; harsh; hardy; vigorousoperōsuspainstaking; active, busy, industrious; laboriouslabōriōsuslaborious, toilsome, demanding; industrious, hard-workingodiōsushateful, odious, vexatious, offensive, unpleasant, disagreeable, annoying, troublesomedifficilisdifficult, hard, troublesome; obstinate, intractable, hard to please or manage
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
troublesome
molestus: gravis (burdensome): incommodus: iniquus (inconvenient): durus (hard, oppressive): operosus, laboriosus (full of labor): odiosus (to which one has a disinclination): difficilis (difficult). (The words are found in this connection and order.) gravis et incommodus: gravis et odiosus: laboriosus molestusque: odiosus et molestus. Very troublesome, permolestus: perincommodus: troublesome times, res miserae; tempora misera, dura; iniquitas temporum: in exceedingly troublesome times, summo et difficillimo reipublicae tempore (Cic.): a troublesome office, provincia molesta et negotiosa: in a troublesome manner, moleste: graviter: incommode: in a very troublesome manner, permoleste, perincommode: to be troublesome, degravare (e.g., of a wound, Liv., 7, 24): to be troublesome to, molestiam alicui afferre, exhibere; gravem, molestum esse alicui; oneri esse: (by speaking), gravem esse alicujus auribus; aures alicujus onerare verbis: (by asking), obtundere aliquem rogitando: (by letters), obtundere aliquem: obstrepere alicui litteris: (with entreaties), fatigare aliquem precibus: if it be not troublesome to you, nisi molestum est; si tibi grave non est: I fear I am troublesome to you, vereor ne tibi gravis sim: a troublesome fellow, homo molestus or odiosus: send away these troublesome fellows, abige muscas (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for troublesome?
- The usual Latin words for “troublesome” are molestus, gravis, incommodus; also inīquus, dūrus, operōsus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.