troublemaker
pronunciation
How to pronounce troublemaker in British English:
UK [ˈtrʌblmeɪkə(r)]
How to pronounce troublemaker in American English:
US [ˈtrʌbəlˌmekɚ]
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- Noun:
- someone who deliberately stirs up trouble
Word Origin
- troublemaker (n.)
- also trouble-maker, 1843, from trouble (n.) + maker.
Example
- 1. Artest came to houston still dragging a reputation as a troublemaker .
- 2. I was always a radical , a troublemaker , a person who questioned the status quo .
- 3. What happens in front of the dot is limited only by a potential troublemaker 's imagination .
- 4. Even so , he is keen to present himself as a constructive negotiator rather than a troublemaker .
- 5. Understandably they are dismayed by their country 's growing reputation as the world 's troublemaker . But , with heroic exceptions , they show little appetite for trying to improve the place .