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Definition of Troublemaker
1. Noun. Someone who deliberately stirs up trouble.
Generic synonyms: Persona Non Grata, Unwelcome Person
Specialized synonyms: Agitator, Fomenter, Disturber, Badgerer, Heckler, Devil, Heller, Hellion, Hellhound, Firebrand, Inciter, Instigant, Instigator, Provoker, Blusterer, Loudmouth, Cut-up, Hoaxer, Practical Joker, Prankster, Tricker, Trickster, Rioter
Definition of Troublemaker
1. Noun. One who causes trouble, especially one who does so deliberately. ¹
2. Noun. A complainer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Troublemaker
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Troublemaker
Literary usage of Troublemaker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Demand-Side Management: Opportunities and Perspectives in the Asia-Pacific by International Energy Agency (1993)
"... REGULATION AND DSM CATALYST OR A troublemaker Jan Moen Director of DSM & Market
Division Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Administration NVE 1. ..."
2. Tainted Harvest: Child Labor and Obstacles to Organizing on Ecuador's Banana by Carol Pier (2002)
"The owner said that he couldn't do that and that I was a troublemaker and ...
They [the papers] say that I am a troublemaker and that I want to unionize. ..."
3. IRS Oversight: Congressional Hearings edited by William V. Roth, Jr. (1999)
"If you complain, you are virtually a communist, a troublemaker, or what they call
a trouble employee. They have all kinds of names they put to you, ..."
4. The Russians Are Coming! by Lily Alex (2003)
"'A troublemaker,' Bill Thompson thought about Alla, but he liked it. 'Gosh, she
is a troublemaker!' He was glad that this incident gave him a subject for ..."
5. The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (1888)
"What insidious little troublemaker in her class had been spreading this poison?
So far as Sherman knew, Campbell still believed in Santa Glaus, ..."
6. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1922)
"JOYOUS troublemaker, THE. Fox. 5 reels. Star: William Farnum. Western society
melodrama and comedy; from novel by Jackson Gregory. KISMET. Robertson-Cole. ..."
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