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Disturb
DISTURB, v.t. [L., to trouble, disorder, discompose; a crowd, a tumult; Gr., a tumult. The primary sense seems to be to stir, or to turn or whirl round.]
1. To stir; to move; to discompose; to excite from a state of rest or tranquillity. We say, the man is asleep, do not disturb him. Let the vessel stand, do not move the liquor, you will disturb the sediment. Disturb not the public peace.
2. To move or agitate; to disquiet; to excite uneasiness or a slight degree of anger in the mind; to move the passions; to ruffle. The mind may be disturbed by an offense given, by misfortune, surprise, contention, discord, jealousy, envy, etc.
3. To move from any regular course or operation; to interrupt regular order; to make irregular. It has been supposed that the approach of a comet may disturb the motions of the planets in their orbits. An unexpected cause may disturb a chemical operation, or the operation of medicine.
4. To interrupt; to hinder; to incommode. Care disturbs study. Let no person disturb my franchise.
5. To turn off from any direction; with from. [Unusual.]
--And disturb his inmost counsels from their destind aim.
DISTURB, n. Confusion; disorder. [Not used.]
disturb appears in definitions for these words:
Absent Affray Agitate Agitated Agitating Agitation Alarm Allayment Annoy Antigugler Anxiety Appease Ataxy Be Beat Betoss Calm Calmly Commotion Commove Compass Concern Concitation Confound Confounder Confounding Content Crystalization Cumber Deep Demoniac Derange Deranged Derangement Deranging Disarrange Disarrangement Discomfort Discomforted Discomforting Discompose Discomposed Discomposing Discomposure Disconcert Disconcerting Disease Disorder Disordered Disquiet Disquieted Disquieting Disquietness Disquietude Distemper Distempered Distempering Disturb Disturbance Disturber Earnest Ease Easily Easy Embroil Embroilment Enjoin Even-tide Everlasting Evil Faction Foment Fracas Fret Harass Harrow Hook Ill-natured Imperturbable Incommode Incomposed Inconvenience Indisturbance Infest Infesting Injurious Innovation Inoffensive Inquiet Inquietation Inquietude Intervene Intrusion Matter Molest Molestation Molested Molester Molesting Noise Offend Passivity Peace Peaceably Peacebreaker Peacefully Peacefulness Peaceless Perlexity Perturb Perturbation Perturbator Perturber Pester Pestered Pestering Pestilent Placidly Prepossess Provisor Quiet Quietly Quietness R Recompose Rest Restlessness Right Roil Roiled Ruffle Ruffled Ruffling Ruin Secure Sedition Set Settle Solicit Somewhat Squally Start Still Stir Storm Sure Tease Tempest Tempestuousness Tranquilize Tranquillity Trouble Trouble-state Troubled Troubler Troublesome Troubling Tumble Tumbled Tumbling Tumult Tumultuous Turbid Turbulence Turbulent Turmoil Unalarmed Unbedded Uncalm Undisordered Undisquieted Undistractedly Undistractedness Uneasy Uninterrupted Uninterruptedly Unmolested Unquiet Unquietness Unruffled Untroubled Unvexed Uproar Vesation Vex Vexatious Violate Violator Visionary Wamble War Wrought
Absent Affray Agitate Agitated Agitating Agitation Alarm Allayment Annoy Antigugler Anxiety Appease Ataxy Be Beat Betoss Calm Calmly Commotion Commove Compass Concern Concitation Confound Confounder Confounding Content Crystalization Cumber Deep Demoniac Derange Deranged Derangement Deranging Disarrange Disarrangement Discomfort Discomforted Discomforting Discompose Discomposed Discomposing Discomposure Disconcert Disconcerting Disease Disorder Disordered Disquiet Disquieted Disquieting Disquietness Disquietude Distemper Distempered Distempering Disturb Disturbance Disturber Earnest Ease Easily Easy Embroil Embroilment Enjoin Even-tide Everlasting Evil Faction Foment Fracas Fret Harass Harrow Hook Ill-natured Imperturbable Incommode Incomposed Inconvenience Indisturbance Infest Infesting Injurious Innovation Inoffensive Inquiet Inquietation Inquietude Intervene Intrusion Matter Molest Molestation Molested Molester Molesting Noise Offend Passivity Peace Peaceably Peacebreaker Peacefully Peacefulness Peaceless Perlexity Perturb Perturbation Perturbator Perturber Pester Pestered Pestering Pestilent Placidly Prepossess Provisor Quiet Quietly Quietness R Recompose Rest Restlessness Right Roil Roiled Ruffle Ruffled Ruffling Ruin Secure Sedition Set Settle Solicit Somewhat Squally Start Still Stir Storm Sure Tease Tempest Tempestuousness Tranquilize Tranquillity Trouble Trouble-state Troubled Troubler Troublesome Troubling Tumble Tumbled Tumbling Tumult Tumultuous Turbid Turbulence Turbulent Turmoil Unalarmed Unbedded Uncalm Undisordered Undisquieted Undistractedly Undistractedness Uneasy Uninterrupted Uninterruptedly Unmolested Unquiet Unquietness Unruffled Untroubled Unvexed Uproar Vesation Vex Vexatious Violate Violator Visionary Wamble War Wrought
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