'Disturb' definitions:
Definition of 'disturb'
(from WordNet)
verb
verb
Change the arrangement or position of [syn: agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up]
verb
Tamper with; "Don't touch my CDs!" [syn: touch, disturb]
verb
Destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading" [syn: interrupt, disturb]
verb
Damage as if by shaking or jarring; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!"
Definition of 'Disturb'
From: GCIDE
- Disturb \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. [1913 Webster]
- Preparing to disturb With all-cofounding war the realms above. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- The bellow's noise disturbed his quiet rest. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- The utmost which the discontented colonies could do, was to disturb authority. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To turn from a regular or designed course. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- And disturb His inmost counsels from their destined aim. --Milton.
- Syn: To disorder; disquiet; agitate; discompose; molest; perplex; trouble; incommode; ruffle. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Disturb'
From: GCIDE
- Disturb \Dis*turb"\, n. Disturbance. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'disturb'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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