Disturb
[dɪ'stɜːb] or [dɪ'stɝb]
Definition
(verb.) damage as if by shaking or jarring; 'Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!'.
(verb.) move deeply; 'This book upset me'; 'A troubling thought'.
Checked by Carmen--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To turn from a regular or designed course.
(n.) Disturbance.
Typed by Harrison
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Agitate, shake, stir, derange, disorder, confuse, unsettle, throw into confusion, put into disorder.[2]. Molest, annoy, disquiet, vex, ruffle, worry, plague, trouble, incommode.[3]. Interrupt, impede, hinder.
Typed by Beryl
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Derange, discompose, disorder, discommode, plague, confuse, rouse, agitate,annoy, trouble, interrupt, incommode, worry, vex, molest, disquiet
ANT:Order, collocate, arrange, pacify, soothe, quiet, compose, leave
Checker: Nanette
Definition
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.
Checker: Patrice
Examples
- I made no attempt to disturb her. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Shan't I disturb you? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I beg you will not disturb yourself--I beg you will not move. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I answered-- I did not wish to disturb you, as you seemed engaged, sir. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I gently opened the door so as not to disturb him, and spoke my few parting words in low tones, which he might hear or not, as he pleased. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He remarked that we must not disturb the housekeeper. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I went to the door very softly, not to disturb Catherine, and opened it. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The first person who disturbed me by coming into the empty room was Penelope. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- A voice in the background said that the doctor might be back at any minute--and that nothing, upstairs, was to be disturbed. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I hope I have not disturbed you. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Her coming disturbed me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Has Mr. Tulkinghorn been disturbed? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Frequent tuning is necessary, because the fine adjustments are easily disturbed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Whereupon he began again to think that my brain was disturbed, of which he gave me a hint, and advised me to go to bed in a cabin he had provided. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- To the party worker the petty and the honest issue are equally disturbing. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- To overcome these three disturbing factors a very ingenious form of balance has been devised. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In the passion of their good intentions they have not hesitated to conceal facts, suppress thought, crush disturbing initiatives and apparently detrimental desires. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I was not expected till to-morrow; but I had my keys, and, if Herbert were gone to bed, could get to bed myself without disturbing him. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I then came home and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my _whistle_, but disturbing all the family. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I went in without disturbing any one, by the help of my key. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- We had only to lift the framework gently at the head and foot, and to transport our patient where we pleased, without disturbing herself or her bed. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The labour of the thought disturbs the regular progress of the sentiments, as we shall observe presently. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The antenna has electrical capacity, and when it is connected with the other apparatus needful to produce the oscillations it disturbs the earth’s magnetic field. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- So nervous as I am, the least breath disturbs me; and a strange hand about me would drive me absolutely frantic. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He felt what many a manufacturer feels when somebody has the impertinence to invent a process which disturbs the routine of business. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It seems so now because we put our faith in the ideal arrangements which it disturbs. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It disturbs me, Clym, to find that you have come home with such thoughts as those. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- We call this stir towards a new order, this refusal to drift on in the old directions, unrest, but rather is it hope which disturbs the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Moira