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UNTROUBLED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does untroubled mean? 

UNTROUBLED (adjective)
  The adjective UNTROUBLED has 3 senses:

1. not beset by troubles or disturbance or distressplay

2. free from fear or doubt; easy in mindplay

3. free from turmoil or worriesplay

  Familiarity information: UNTROUBLED used as an adjective is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNTROUBLED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Not beset by troubles or disturbance or distress

Context example:

a kind untroubled face

Similar:

carefree; unworried (free of trouble and worry and care)

clear (characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt))

dreamless (untroubled by dreams)

trouble-free (without problems or difficulties)

unconcerned (easy in mind; not worried)

undisturbed (untroubled by interference or disturbance)

unmolested (not interfered with, disturbed, or harmed)

Also:

unconcerned (lacking in interest or care or feeling)

quiet (characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity)

Antonym:

troubled (characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Free from fear or doubt; easy in mind

Synonyms:

secure; unafraid; untroubled

Context example:

he was secure that nothing will be held against him


Sense 3

Meaning:

Free from turmoil or worries

Context example:

untroubled times

Similar:

quiet (characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity)


 Context examples 


It is only when I look upon the untroubled faces of my comrades that I see some glimmer through the darkness.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My dear Copperfield, said Mr. Micawber, behind his handkerchief, this is an occupation, of all others, requiring an untroubled mind, and self-respect.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I, poor simple fool, gave him the ale and all that he craved, leaving him alone too, because he said that a man's mind must be left untroubled when he had great work to do.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In her death she winged her way back to her calm untroubled youth, and cancelled all the rest.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)



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