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dis·turb
 disturb
- pronunciation:
- dih
stuhrb
- features:
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
disturbed, disturbing, disturbs |
| definition 1: |
to interrupt by making noise or causing distraction.
- synonyms:
- bother, interrupt, trouble
- similar words:
- discommode, incommode, inconvenience, jar, violate, worry
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| definition 2: |
to upset or cause to be in disorder.
- synonyms:
- derange, discompose, disorder, disorganize, trouble, upset
- antonyms:
- organize
- similar words:
- agitate, disarrange, disarray, jar, perturb, rile, roil, ruffle, shake, unsettle
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| definition 3: |
to make nervous or uneasy; trouble.
- synonyms:
- bother, disquiet, trouble, unsettle
- similar words:
- agitate, derange, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, dismay, disorder, distract, exercise, jangle, jar, perturb, roil, ruffle, shake, upset, vex, worry
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| related words: |
aggravate, alarm, badger, bug, concern, disagree, discomfort, distract, distress, eat, fluster, fret, frighten, heckle, interrupt, invade, jolt, molest, nag, scare, shock, startle, tear, trouble, worry |
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