characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need; troubled areas; fell into a troubled sleep; a troubled expression; troubled teenagers'

characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive; riotous times; these troubled areas; the tumultuous years of his administration; a turbulent and unruly childhood

[ Syn: disruptive , riotous , tumultuous , turbulent ]