Disturb

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  • transitive verb. To break up or destroy the tranquility, order, or settled state of.
  • transitive verb. To trouble emotionally or mentally; upset.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To interfere with; interrupt.
  • transitive verb. To intrude on; inconvenience.
  • transitive verb. To alter or displace a region of (a medium) from its equilibrium state.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Disturbance.
  • To stir; trouble; agitate; molest; move from a state of rest or tranquillity: as, to disturb a sleeper; to disturb the sediment.
  • To move or agitate; discompose; disquiet; throw into perplexity or confusion.
  • To interfere with; interrupt; hinder; incommode; derange.
  • To turn aside; cause to deviate; throw out of course or order.
  • Synonyms To disorder, unsettle, molest
  • To perplex, trouble, annoy, vex, worry, plague.
  • To impede, interrupt.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Disturbance.
  • transitive verb. To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.
  • transitive verb. To agitate the mind of; to deprive of tranquillity; to disquiet; to render uneasy.
  • transitive verb. To turn from a regular or designed course.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
  • verb. to divert, redirect, or alter by disturbing.
  • verb. to have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion.
  • noun. disturbance
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. damage as if by shaking or jarring
  • verb. tamper with
  • verb. destroy the peace or tranquility of
  • verb. move deeply
  • verb. change the arrangement or position of
  • Word Usage
    "Let the limitation of the word disturb our previous estimate of Paradise, grant that it so disturbs that estimate, not the less all such consequences leave the dispute exactly where it was; and if a balance of reason can be found for limiting the extent of the word _aeonian_, it will not be the less true because it may happen to disturb a crotchet of our own."
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