troublement

From trouble +‎ -ment.

troublement (countable and uncountable, plural troublements)

1. The feeling of being troubled; upset or anxiety.
   • 1844, Charles Churchill, The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill:

     The Lord was with me, and I was not fearful of it; howbeit, it did cause great troublement and disturbance to many worthy people in my parish.

   • 2000, Diane Carey, Ship of the Line:

     Troublement and emotion crackled just below the blanketing surface.

   • 2001, Carl Lindahl, Perspectives on the Jack Tales: And Other North American Märchen:

     In the later telling, this twenty-word description is internalized and greatly expanded, as the listener is invited to follow the action through Merrywise's thoughts and senses: "He couldn't get to sleep, because he had all these troublements in his mind, and also because she snored.

   • 2018, Harry Stephen Keeler, The Affair of the Bottled Deuce, page 134:

     Though some troublement and worriment was on his face.

2. A problem; something that causes trouble.
   • 1998, Kennon L. Callahan, Twelve Keys for Living: Possibilities for a Whole, Healthy Life, page 46:

     We have this confidence: that amidst all the travails, troublements, tragedies of this life, God invites us to build a strong, solid future for our families and friends, our community and our world.

   • 1999, I was a Slave: The breeding of slaves, page 57:

     Well, weuns makes it by de goats widout any troublements an' finally comes to a road.

   • 2013, Avram Davidson, The Island Under the Earth:

     “Don't blame me;” I told them, “for all your troublements and woes: blame the island!'