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Disturb

Disturb Meaning & Definition
Disturb Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Disturb?

[v] damage as if by shaking or jarring; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!"
[v] destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"
[v] tamper with; "Don't touch my CDs!"
[v] change the arrangement or position of
[v] move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Disturb: agitate | commove | interrupt | raise up | shake up | stir up | touch | trouble | upset | vex

Related Terms | Find terms related to Disturb: abash | addle | addle the wits | affect | afflict | aggravate | agitate | ail | alarm | annoy | badger | bait | ball up | be at | be the matter | beat | beat up | becloud | bedazzle | bedevil | befuddle | beset | bewilder | bother | bristle | brown off | bug | bullyrag | burden | burn up | cancel | change | chivy | churn | churn up | cloud | complicate matters | concern | confound | confuse | convulse | damage | daze | dazzle | derange | destroy | devil | disarrange | disarray | discombobulate | discomfit | discomfort | discommode | discompose | disconcert | dishevel | dislocate | dismay | disorder | disorganize | disorient | displace | disquiet | disrupt | distemper | distract | distress | dog | electrify | embarrass | embroil | entangle | exasperate | excite | exercise | fash | ferment | flummox | flurry | fluster | flutter | fog | frazzle | fret | frighten | fuddle | fuss | get | give concern | gripe | harass | harm | harry | hassle | heckle | hector | hound | humiliate | incommode | inconvenience | interfere | interfere with | intermeddle | interrupt | irk | irritate | jar | jolt | jumble | knock galley-west | load with care | maze | meddle | mess up | miff | mist | mix up | moider | molest | mortify | move | muddle | nag | needle | negate | nettle | nudzh | paddle | peeve | perplex | persecute | perturb | perturbate | pester | pick on | pique | plague | pluck the beard | pother | provoke | psych | put off | put out | put to it | puzzle | raise hell | rattle | remove | replace | ride | rile | ripple | rock | roil | roughen | ruffle | ruin | rumple | scare | shake | shake up | shift | ship | shock | spook | stagger | stir | stir up | swirl | tamper | tease | terrify | throw | throw into confusion | torment | transfer | trouble | try the patience | tweak the nose | unhinge | unsettle | upset | vex | whip | whip up | whisk | work up | worry

See Also | act | affect | agitate | alter | beat | cark | change | charge | charge up | commove | damage | disorder | displace | disquiet | distract | distress | excite | impress | jolt | move | move | move | perturb | poke | rile | roil | rouse | scramble | strike | toss | turn on | unhinge | upset | violate

Disturb In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*turb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disturbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disturbing}.] [OE. desturben, destourben, OF. destorber, desturber, destourber, fr. L. disturbare, disturbatum; dis- + turbare to disturb, trouble, turba disorder, tumult, crowd. See {Turbid}.] 1. To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest. Preparing to disturb With all-cofounding war the realms above. --Cowper. The bellow's noise disturbed his quiet rest. --Spenser. The utmost which the discontented colonies could do, was to disturb authority. --Burke. 2. To agitate the mind of; to deprive of tranquillity; to disquiet; to render uneasy; as, a person is disturbed by receiving an insult, or his mind is disturbed by envy. 3. To turn from a regular or designed course. [Obs.] And disturb His inmost counsels from their destined aim. --Milton. Syn: To disorder; disquiet; agitate; discompose; molest; perplex; trouble; incommode; ruffle.
\Dis*turb"\, n. Disturbance. [Obs.] --Milton.

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