disturb

Speech parts

1. disturb - Noun

2. disturb - Verb

Meaning

To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.

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.

To turn from a regular or designed course.

Disturbance.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

trouble agitate vex upset interrupt disquiet ruffle discompose disorder touch distress alarm disrupt shake bother
Show all synonyms

Antonyms

moor almanac gage gazette marshall regiment
Show all antonyms

Hypernyms

change move act damage affect strike

Hyponyms

rouse jolt charge disorder beat trouble

Phrases with the word

Do Not Disturb do not disturb the bear disturb public order to disturb

Derivatives

disturbed disturbing

Examples

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present. Marcus Aurelius

I know my own soul, how feeble and puny it is: I know the magnitude of this ministry, and the great difficulty of the work; for more stormy billows vex the soul of the priest than the gales which disturb the sea. John Chrysostom

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us. Hermann Hesse

Spinner, spin softly, you disturb me; I am praying. Portuguese Proverb

The barking of the dogs will not disturb the clouds. Berber Proverb

The barking of a dog does not disturb the man on a camel. Egyptian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

distrustingly distrustless distune disturb public order disturb the peace disturbability