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Synonyms for disturb
dɪˈstɜrbdis·turb

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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 4 votes

  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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. disturbverb

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "disturb":

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

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How to use disturb in a sentence?

  1. Elsa Desmond:

    I had to stick signs on my door saying ‘Do not disturb, exam in progress’ in about six different languages.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Indira Ghandi:

    Whenever you take a step forward you are bound to disturb something. You disturb the air as you go forward, you disturb the dust, the ground.

  5. Tim Marlow:

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


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