Definitions for disturb
dɪˈstɜrbdis·turb

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. disturb, upset, troubleverb

   move deeply

   "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"

2. agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise upverb

   change the arrangement or position of

3. touch, disturbverb

   tamper with

   "Don't touch my CDs!"

4. interrupt, disturbverb

   destroy the peace or tranquility of

   "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"

5. disturbverb

   damage as if by shaking or jarring

   "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. disturbverb

   to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.

   Etymology: disturbare, intensifying for turbare.

2. disturbverb

   to divert, redirect, or alter by disturbing.

   Etymology: disturbare, intensifying for turbare.

3. disturbverb

   to have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion.

   Etymology: disturbare, intensifying for turbare.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Disturbverb

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

2. Disturbverb

   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

3. Disturbverb

   to turn from a regular or designed course

4. Disturbnoun

   disturbance

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Disturb

   dis-turb′, v.t. to throw into confusion: to agitate: to disquiet: to interrupt.—n. Disturb′ance, agitation: tumult: interruption: perplexity.—adj. and n. Disturb′ant, disturbing.—adjs. Disturb′ative; Disturbed′.—n. Disturb′er. [O. Fr. distourber—L. disturbāre, dis, asunder, turbāre, to agitate—turba, a crowd.]

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Affect
   • Damage
   • Move

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'disturb' in Verbs Frequency: #692

How to pronounce disturb?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say disturb in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of disturb in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of disturb in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of disturb in a Sentence

1. Portland Police Bureau:

   Community members are asked not to touch or disturb these items, as they can be very dangerous if moved.

2. Dedi Prasetyo:

   If there is (cell phone) jammer, then phones are not operable but the Wi-Fi signal will not be disturb, especially when using signal amplifier.

3. Luhut Pandjaitan:

   Invest in Indonesia, but you have to also respect the regulations in the country, we don't want to disturb any existing contract. But when the contract expires, then it belongs to us.

4. Nicole Xu:

   Jellyfish have existed for over 500 million years, and over that time, their body structure has remained largely unchanged, so it's interesting to figure out what makes them so special and how we can learn from them, because we use animals with natural swimming motions, the hope is that they won't disturb the environment in the same way that a submarine might, so we can expand the types of environments we can monitor.

5. The Cohen:

   We really wanted this house to feel like it was just dropped into this field, we want to disturb very little around us.

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