悩ませる

なやます, なやませる【悩ます, 悩ませる】

〔苦悩させる〕 distress; worry; torment; plague; cause sb grief [pain, anxiety]; 〔負担をかける〕 burden; put out; put (sb) to trouble; 〔困らせる〕 trouble; vex; bother; annoy. [⇒なやまされる]

●心を悩ませる worry (oneself) [be worried] 《about [over]…》; 〈事が主語〉 oppress one's mind; wring one's heart

・頭を悩ませる rack [cudgel] one's brains 《over [about]…》; puzzle one's brains 《about [over, upon]…》; tax one's ingenuity; bother one's head 《over a matter》.

●彼らは予算の削減に頭を悩ました. They racked their brains to reduce the budget.

・子供のころはよく両親を悩ませたものだ. When I was a kid, I gave [caused] my parents all kinds of grief [trouble].

・そんなことに頭を悩ませるな. Do not exercise yourself over such a thing.

・おぞましい記憶に悩ませられている. I am plagued by the awful memory of it.

・家庭内のごたごたが彼を悩ましている. Household troubles weigh heavy on him [are preying on his mind].

・その作戦は敵を大いに悩ませた. That strategy caused the enemy no end of trouble.