Word Meanings - DISTURB - Book Publishers vocabulary database

desturber, destourber, fr. L. disturbare, disturbatum; dis- + turbare 1. To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest. Preparing to disturb With all-cofounding war the realms

Additional info about word: DISTURB

desturber, destourber, fr. L. disturbare, disturbatum; dis- + turbare 1. To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest. Preparing to disturb With all-cofounding war the realms above. Cowper. The bellow's noise disturbed his quiet rest. Spenser. The utmost which the discontented colonies could do, was to disturb authority. Burke. 2. 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. To turn from a regular or designed course. And disturb His inmost counsels from their destined aim. Milton. Syn. -- To disorder; disquiet; agitate; discompose; molest; perplex; trouble; incommode; ruffle.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DISTURB)

• Agitate
• Disturb
• trouble
• excite
• ruffle
• stir
• fluster
• oscillate
• instigate
• convulse
• shake
• Annoy
• Tease
• vex
• irritate
• disturb
• affront
• molest
• pain
• disquiet
• incommode
• tantalize
• bother
• weary
• inconvenience
• plague
• discommode
• harass
• chafe
• Arouse
• Stir
• animate
• wake up
• stimulate
• alarm
• provoke
• cheer
• Convulse
• perturb
• Distract
• Divide
• dissipate
• dissever
• disconcert
• discompose
• perplex
• bewilder
• madden

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DISTURB)

• Compose
• embolden
• reassure
• rally
• Suit
• aid
• benefit
• subserve
• assist
• help
• calm
• allay
• appease
• please
• soothe
• delight
• gratify
• recreate
• entertain
• relieve
• refresh

Related words: (words related to DISTURB)

• ASSISTANTLY
  In a manner to give aid.
• TEASER
  A jager gull. (more info) 1. One who teases or vexes.
• DELIGHTING
  Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
• TROUBLER
  One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace. The rich troublers of the world's repose. Waller.
• DISQUIETTUDE
  Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety. Fears and disquietude, and unavoidable anxieties of mind. Abp. Sharp.
• DIVIDER
  An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See Compasses. Note: The word dividers is usually applied to the instrument as made for the use of draughtsmen, etc.; compasses to the coarser instrument used by carpenters.
• DISQUIETLY
  In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night. Wiseman.
• DIVIDEND
  A number or quantity which is to be divided. (more info) 1. A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as appropriated
• ASSISTANCE
  1. The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support. Without the assistance of a mortal hand. Shak. 2. An assistant or helper; a body of helpers. Wat Tyler killed by valiant Walworth, the lord mayor of London, and his assistance,
• DISSEVER
  To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite; to separate; to disperse. The storm so dissevered the company . . . that most of therm never met again. Sir P. Sidney. States disserved, discordant, belligerent. D. Webster. (more info)
• AGITATE
  1. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. "Winds . . . agitate the air." Cowper. 2. To move or actuate. Thomson. 3. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly
• DELIGHTLESS
  Void of delight. Thomson.
• SHAKE
  A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill. (more info) 1. The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other;
• INCOMMODE
  An inconvenience. Strype.
• PERTURBATIVE
  Tending to cause perturbation; disturbing. Sir J. Herschel.
• DISTRACTION
  1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation. To create distractions among us. Bp. Burnet. 2. That which diverts attention; a diversion. "Domestic distractions." G. Eliot. 3. A diversity of direction; detachment. His power went out in
• DISTRACTED
  Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad. My distracted mind. Pope.
• PERTURB
  disturb, fr. turba a disorder: cf. OF. perturber. See Per-, and 1. To disturb; to agitate; to vex; to trouble; to disquiet. Ye that . . . perturb so my feast with crying. Chaucer. 2. To disorder; to confuse. Sir T. Browne.
• BENEFIT SOCIETY
  A society or association formed for mutual insurance, as among tradesmen or in labor unions, to provide for relief in sickness, old age, and for the expenses of burial. Usually called friendly society in Great Britain.
• CHEERINESS
  The state of being cheery.
• UPCHEER
  To cheer up. Spenser.
• UNPERPLEX
  To free from perplexity. Donne.
• SUTURALLY
  In a sutural manner.
• OVERTROUBLED
  Excessively troubled.
• WIND-SHAKEN
  Shaken by the wind; specif. ,
• EFFLAGITATE
  To ask urgently. Cockeram.
• TRUFFLE
  Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi, usually of a blackish color. The French truffle and the English truffle are much esteemed as articles of food. Truffle worm , the larva of a fly of the genus Leiodes, injurious
• CENTRALLY
  In a central manner or situation.