Synonyms for disturb
dɪˈstɜrbdis·turb

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1. disturb

   Objects are displaced when moved out of the place they have occupied; they are misplaced when put into a place where they should not be. One may know where to find what he has misplaced; what he has mislaid he can not locate.

   Synonyms:
   confuse, crowd out, derange, disarrange, displace, jumble, mislay, misplace, remove, unsettle

   Antonyms:
   adjust, array, assort, classify, dispose, group, order, place, put in order, put in place, set in order, sort

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1. disturb

   Synonyms:
   derange, discompose, disorder, discommode, plague, confuse, rouse, agitate, annoy, trouble, interrupt, incommode, worry, vex, molest, disquiet

   Antonyms:
   order, collocate, arrange, pacify, soothe, quiet, compose, leave

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1. disturb, upset, troubleverb

   move deeply

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

   Synonyms:
   discomfit, touch, shake up, raise up, disorder, interrupt, cark, commove, bother, inconvenience oneself, agitate, disquiet, turn over, put out, perturb, trouble oneself, tump over, unhinge, incommode, disoblige, trouble, overturn, bowl over, discommode, discompose, tip over, upset, inconvenience, swage, untune, disconcert, vex, ail, knock over, stir up, distract, pain

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

   change the arrangement or position of

   Synonyms:
   fight, touch, crusade, succuss, excite, stick, perplex, get, nark, irritate, shake up, shake, mystify, flummox, commove, inflame, bother, press, agitate, rile, gravel, stir, nonplus, wake, shift, instigate, stimulate, reorganise, get to, dumbfound, rouse, fire up, reorganize, interrupt, vex, heat, nettle, baffle, chafe, get at, trouble, beat, fluff up, ignite, budge, amaze, turn on, charge, annoy, bump around, upset, charge up, incite, jar, puzzle, bewilder, rag, push, foment, campaign, stupefy, worry, stir up, raise up, plump up, pose, devil, set off

3. touch, disturbverb

   tamper with

   "Don't touch my CDs!"

   Synonyms:
   adjoin, touch, shake up, have-to doe with, raise up, interrupt, rival, commove, pertain, agitate, match, concern, impact, stir, tinge, refer, meet, affect, trouble, relate, touch on, equal, tinct, bear on, upset, allude, bear upon, reach, contact, come to, advert, vex, partake, extend to, stir up, tint

4. interrupt, disturbverb

   destroy the peace or tranquility of

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

   Synonyms:
   interrupt, disrupt, trouble, break up, touch, raise up, vex, cut off, stir up, commove, shake up, break, agitate, upset

5. disturbverb

   damage as if by shaking or jarring

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

   Synonyms:
   interrupt, shake up, trouble, touch, raise up, stir up, commove, vex, agitate, upset

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Affect
   • Damage
   • Move

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1. disturb

   Synonyms:
   v. a. agitate, shake, stir, derange, disorder, confuse, unsettle, throw into confusion, put into disorder

2. disturb

   Synonyms:
   molest, annoy, disquiet, vex, ruffle, worry, plague, trouble, incommode

3. disturb

   Synonyms:
   interrupt, impede, hinder

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1. disturbverb

   Synonyms:
   molest, perturb, annoy, disquiet, agitate, incommode, ruffle, disarrange, derange, unsettle, roust, excite

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1. List of paraphrases for "disturb":

   disrupt, bother, upset, interrupt, annoy, distort, perturb, interfere

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1. Jina Talj:

   It eats a lot and breeds all year long so it is very easy for it to disturb the ecological balance, but luckily for us, it is also one of the tastiest types of fish.

2. Yiddish Proverb:

   Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life.

3. Tim Marlow:

   I never met a British ambassador, they quite avoid to touch the issues relating to things which disturb.

4. Steve Winter:

   Transportation (through the mangrove) is via beautiful, silent mahogany electric boats, so you don't disturb the wildlife.

5. Karen Momsen-Evers:

   Karen Momsen-Evers waited until airborne to reach out to another flight attendant for help and asked if they could make an emergency call from the cockpit. I showed Karen Momsen-Evers the texts. Karen Momsen-Evers said that she there is nothing Karen Momsen-Evers could do and that they could not disturb the pilot. They offered me a drink, that was it, says Karen Momsen-Evers. I just wanted someone to go and try to save him.