Term: disturb

disturb (verb) /dɪˈstɜːb/
Similar to: disrupt; bother; interrupt; annoy; agitate
Definition: to interrupt what someone is doing; or to change the peaceful state of something.
Translation: traucēt, iztraucēt, satraukt
Examples: “Please do not disturb me while I am working on this report.” “The loud noise from the street began to disturb my sleep.” “The news of the accident deeply disturbed the local community.”

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

disturb (verb)

transitive verb

a) to interfere with - interrupt disturbing the flow of traffic

b) to alter the position or arrangement of - the items on her desk had been disturbed

c) to upset the natural and especially the ecological balance or relations of - wetlands disturbed by development

a) to destroy the tranquillity or composure of - the noisy lawnmower disturbed their sleep

b) to throw into disorder

c) - alarm

intransitive verb

d) to put to inconvenience - sorry to disturb you at such a late hour to cause - disturbance discompose

Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus

disturb (verb)

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy

SYNONYMS:

agitate, ail, alarm ( alarum), bother, concern, derail, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distemper, distract, distress, exercise, flurry, frazzle, freak (out), fuss, hagride, perturb, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset, weird out, worry

RELATED WORDS:

aggravate, anger, annoy, bug, chafe, chivy ( chivvy), exasperate, fret, gall, get, grate, harass, harry, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, pester, pique, put off, put out, rile, vex; bedevil, haunt, plague; abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, jar, mortify, nonplus, rattle, shake up; daunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, unnerve

NEAR ANTONYMS:

allay, alleviate, assuage; appease, conciliate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate

calm, compose, quiet, settle, soothe, tranquilize ( tranquillize)

disturb (verb)

to change the place or position of

SYNONYMS:

budge, dislocate, displace, disturb, relocate, remove, reposition, shift, transfer, transpose

RELATED WORDS:

bear, carry, cart, convey, drive, haul, lug, tote, transmit, transplant, transport; replace, supersede, supplant; alter, make over, modify, redo, refashion, remake, remodel, revamp, revise, rework, vary

NEAR ANTONYMS:

anchor, fix, freeze, moor, secure, set, stabilize; embed ( imbed), entrench ( intrench), implant, ingrain ( engrain), lodge, root

disturb (verb)

to undo the proper order or arrangement of

SYNONYMS:

confuse, derange, disarrange, disarray, discompose, dishevel, disjoint, dislocate, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, hash, jumble, mess (up), mix (up), muddle, muss, rumple, scramble, shuffle, tousle, tumble, upset

RELATED WORDS:

embroil, entangle, snarl, tangle; agitate, perturb, stir (up), unsettle; clutter

NEAR ANTONYMS:

align ( aline), line, line up, queue; classify, codify, methodize, systematize, systemize; adjust, fix; groom, make up, spruce (up); unscramble

arrange, array, dispose, draw up, marshal ( marshall), order, organize, range, regulate, straighten (up), tidy

disturb (verb)

to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation

SYNONYMS:

bug, chivy ( chivvy), disturb, intrude (upon), pester

RELATED WORDS:

inconvenience, trouble; aggravate, annoy, bedevil, chafe, devil, dog, dun, exasperate, fret, gall, get, gnaw, grate, hassle, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, persecute, pique, put out, rankle, rasp, rile, roil, torment, vex, worry; beleaguer, beset, besiege; distress, plague; afflict, harass, provoke; anger, antagonize, enrage, incense, inflame ( enflame), infuriate, madden, outrage; agitate, perturb; butt in, cut in (on), obtrude; encroach, infringe, invade, trespass

NEAR ANTONYMS:

disregard, forget, ignore, leave, slight; appease, conciliate, disarm, mollify, oblige, placate; delight, gladden, gratify, please, satisfy; comfort, console, content

disturb (verb)

to cause discomfort to or trouble for

SYNONYMS:

discommode, disoblige, disturb, incommode, put out, trouble

RELATED WORDS:

burden, encumber, saddle, weigh; fetter, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hinder, hobble, hold back, hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere (with), manacle, obstruct, shackle, tie up, trammel; aggravate, anger, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, exasperate, gall, get, irk, nettle, peeve, pique, rile, vex; grate, inflame ( enflame), provoke; agitate, perturb, upset

NEAR ANTONYMS:

abet, aid, assist, help; ease, facilitate, smooth; appease, conciliate, disarm, mollify, pacify, placate; delight, gladden, gratify, please, satisfy; comfort, console, content

accommodate, favor, oblige

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