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

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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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How to use disturb in a sentence?

1. Mariann Montagne:

   You could have some weakness this quarter with the average selling price on the iPhone. That wouldn't disturb me.

2. Sandeep Amin:

   Once we got seated within two minutes our waiter turned up with this white laminated sheet on which it was written people with children should ask their children to be quiet and not disturb other guests, i was shocked as my daughter is seven years old... She has no habit of creating chaos anywhere in public places.

3. Vijay Kumar Sharma:

   The chief minister( a Muslim) herself and the other people who just want to disturb the tranquility of the area, they are having some conspiracies. Definitely they're having conspiracies. That is why they have targeted people belonging to one community( Hindu).

4. Franklin P. Jones:

   An atheist is one who hopes the Lord will do nothing to disturb his disbelief.

5. Dedi Prasetyo:

   If there is (cell phone) jammer, then phones are not operable but the Wi-Fi signal will not be disturb, especially when using signal amplifier.