Needed and Troubled

Related words

Needed adjective - Impossible to do without.

Show all Definitions

Troubled and needed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Troubled" instead a noun "Needed".

Nearby Words: need, needs, needy, needful, needing

Troubled adjective - Feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty.

Show all Definitions

Needed and troubled are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Needed" instead a noun "Troubled".

Katamari: After a series of misunderstandings, the King of All Cosmos becomes so troubled by the thought that he's no longer needed that he Inverts this by shaving off all his facial hair.

Source: Beard of Sorrow
In The Dresden Files, Ebenezer McCoy was assigned as a troubled teenage Harry's handler (unbeknownst to Harry) in case he ever went nuts and needed to be eliminated.

Source: The Handler
She's a bifauxnen, she's cursed with immortality, she has a Dark and Troubled Past (and it's an arguably-masculine, daddy-why-wont-you-acknowledge-me Freudian Excuse), she distances herself from others, yet will help when help is needed.

Source: Troubled, but Cute

Cite this Source

Troubled and Needed. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/needed/troubled

Needed & Troubled. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/needed/troubled>.

Troubled or Needed. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/needed/troubled.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "needed" and "troubled" have occurred on timeline