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. Lakshheish M Patel:

   Nowadays you might be getting a lot of emails requesting you to invest in Mutual Funds or SIP, ask them via email to not try to fool and disturb you else you will block them. These fraud cos also try to impress you by giving examples of few successful persons but they are all its agents

2. Tim Marlow:

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

3. Brett Hartl:

   It is a reality that the human population does continue to grow and we're squeezing wildlife into smaller and smaller areas to live, but in species like the bald eagle we have shown that we can live side by side as long as we take simple measures to not disturb them.

4. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   Forgive yourself, be calm and be kind; nothing will disturb your inner peace of mind.

5. 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.