troublemaker

troublemaker
troublemaking, n.
/trub"euhl may'keuhr/, n.
a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, esp. one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
[1910-15; TROUBLE + MAKER]
Syn. instigator, fomenter, inciter, rabble-rouser.

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