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disturb
verb
1 disturb
Move deeply.
synonyms: trouble, upset.
Roget 61:
derange;
disarrange,
misarrange†;
displace,
misplace;
mislay,
discompose,
disorder;
deorganize†,
discombobulate,
disorganize;
embroil,
unsettle,
disturb,
confuse,
trouble,
perturb,
jumble,
tumble;
shuffle,
randomize;
huddle,
muddle,
toss,
hustle,
fumble,
riot;
bring into disorder,
put into disorder,
throw into disorder
etc.
59;
muss [U.S.];
break the ranks,
disconcert,
convulse;
break in upon.
unhinge,
dislocate,
put out of joint,
throw out of gear.
turn topsy-turvy
etc.
(invert)
218;
bedevil;
complicate,
involve,
perplex,
confound;
imbrangle†,
embrangle†,
tangle,
entangle,
ravel,
tousle,
towzle†,
dishevel,
ruffle;
rumple
etc.
(fold)
258.
litter,
scatter;
mix
etc.
41.
rearrange
etc.
148.
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Roget 830:
cause pain,
occasion pain,
give pain,
bring pain,
induce pain,
produce pain,
create pain,
inflict pain
etc.
828;
pain,
hurt,
wound.
pinch,
prick,
gripe
etc.
(physical pain)
378;
pierce,
lancinate†,
cut.
hurt the feelings,
wound the feelings,
grate upon the feelings,
grate upon the nerves,
jar upon the feelings;
wring the heart,
pierce the heart,
lacerate the heart,
break the heart,
rend the heart;
make the heart bleed;
tear the heart strings,
rend the heart strings;
draw tears from the eyes.
sadden;
make unhappy
etc.
828;
plunge into sorrow,
grieve,
fash†,
afflict,
distress;
cut up,
cut to the heart.
displease,
annoy,
incommode,
discompose,
trouble,
disquiet;
faze,
feaze†,
feeze [U.S.];
disturb,
cross,
perplex,
molest,
tease,
tire,
irk,
vex,
mortify,
wherret†,
worry,
plague,
bother,
pester,
bore,
pother,
harass,
harry,
badger,
heckle,
bait,
beset,
infest,
persecute,
importune.
wring,
harrow,
torment,
torture;
bullyrag;
put to the rack,
put to the question;
break on the wheel,
rack,
scarify;
cruciate†,
crucify;
convulse,
agonize;
barb the dart;
plant a dagger in the breast,
plant a thorn in one's side.
irritate,
provoke,
sting,
nettle,
try the patience,
pique,
fret,
rile,
tweak the nose,
chafe,
gall;
sting to the quick,
wound to the quick,
cut to the quick;
aggrieve,
affront,
enchafe†,
enrage,
ruffle,
sour the temper;
give offense
etc.
(resentment)
900.
maltreat,
bite,
snap at,
assail;
smite
etc.
(punish)
972.
sicken,
disgust,
revolt,
nauseate,
disenchant,
repel,
offend,
shock,
stink in the nostrils;
go against the stomach,
turn the stomach;
make one sick,
set the teeth on edge,
go against the grain,
grate on the ear;
stick in one's throat,
stick in one's gizzard;
rankle,
gnaw,
corrode,
horrify,
appal†,
appall,
freeze the blood;
make the flesh creep,
make the hair stand on end;
make the blood curdle,
make the blood run cold;
make one shudder.
haunt the memory;
weigh on the heart,
prey on the heart,
weigh on the mind,
prey on the mind,
weigh on the spirits,
prey on the spirits;
bring one's gray hairs with sorrow to the bring one's gray hairs with sorrow to the grave;
add a nail to one's coffin.
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Roget 140:
change,
alter,
vary,
wax and wane;
modulate,
diversify,
qualify,
tamper with;
turn,
shift,
veer,
tack,
chop,
shuffle,
swerve,
warp,
deviate,
turn aside,
evert,
intervert†;
pass to,
take a turn,
turn the corner,
resume.
work a change,
modify,
vamp,
superinduce;
transform,
transfigure,
transmute,
transmogrify,
transume†;
metamorphose,
ring the changes.
innovate,
introduce new blood,
shuffle the cards;
give a turn to,
give a color to;
influence,
turn the scale;
shift the scene,
turn over a new leaf.
recast
etc.
146;
reverse
etc.
218;
disturb
etc.
61;
convert into
etc.
144.
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2 disturb
Change the arrangement or position of.
synonyms: agitate, commove, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex.
Roget 824:
excite,
affect,
touch,
move,
impress,
strike,
interest,
animate,
inspire,
impassion,
smite,
infect;
stir the blood,
fire the blood,
warm the blood;
set astir;
wake,
awake,
awaken;
call forth;
evoke,
provoke;
raise up,
summon up,
call up,
wake up,
blow up,
get up,
light up;
raise;
get up the steam,
rouse,
arouse,
stir;
fire,
kindle,
enkindle,
apply the torch,
set on fire,
inflame.
stimulate;
exsuscitate†;
inspirit;
spirit up,
stir up,
work up,
pique;
infuse life into,
give new life to;
bring new blood,
introduce new blood;
quicken;
sharpen,
whet;
work upon
etc.
(incite)
615;
hurry on,
give a fillip,
put on one's mettle.
fan the fire,
fan the flame;
blow the coals,
stir the embers;
fan into a flame;
foster,
heat,
warm,
foment,
raise to a fever heat;
keep up,
keep the pot boiling;
revive,
rekindle;
rake up,
rip up.
stir the feelings,
play on the feelings,
come home to the feelings;
touch a string,
touch a chord,
touch the soul,
touch the heart;
go to one's heart,
penetrate,
pierce,
go through one,
touch to the quick;
possess the soul,
pervade the soul,
penetrate the soul,
imbrue the soul,
absorb the soul,
affect the soul,
disturb the soul.
absorb,
rivet the attention;
sink into the mind,
sink into the heart;
prey on the mind,
distract;
intoxicate;
overwhelm,
overpower;
bouleverser [Fr.],
upset,
turn one's head.
fascinate;
enrapture
etc.
(give pleasure)
829.
agitate,
perturb,
ruffle,
fluster,
shake,
disturb,
startle,
shock,
stagger;
give one a shock,
give one a turn;
strike all of a heap;
stun,
astound,
electrify,
galvanize,
petrify.
irritate,
sting;
cut to the heart,
cut to the quick;
try one's temper;
fool to the top of one's bent,
pique;
infuriate,
madden,
make one's blood boil;
lash into fury
etc.
(wrath)
900.
be excited
etc.
adj.;
flush up,
flare up;
catch the infection;
thrill
etc.
(feel)
821;
mantle;
work oneself up;
seethe,
boil,
simmer,
foam,
fume,
flame,
rage,
rave;
run mad
etc.
(passion)
825.
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Roget 315:
be agitated
&c.;
shake;
tremble,
tremble like an aspen leaf;
quiver,
quaver,
quake,
shiver,
twitter,
twire†,
writhe,
toss,
shuffle,
tumble,
stagger,
bob,
reel,
sway,
wag,
waggle;
wriggle,
wriggle like an eel;
dance,
stumble,
shamble,
flounder,
totter,
flounce,
flop,
curvet,
prance,
cavort [U.S.];
squirm.
throb,
pulsate,
beat,
palpitate,
go pitapat;
flutter,
flitter,
flicker,
bicker;
bustle.
ferment,
effervesce,
foam;
boil,
boil over;
bubble up;
simmer.
toss about,
jump about;
jump like a parched pea;
shake like an aspen leaf;
shake to its center,
shake to its foundations;
be the sport of the winds and waves;
reel to and fro like a drunken man;
move from post to pillar and from pillar to move from post to pillar and from pillar to post,
drive from post to pillar and from pillar to drive from post to pillar and from pillar to post,
keep between hawk and buzzard.
agitate,
shake,
convulse,
toss,
tumble,
bandy,
wield,
brandish,
flap,
flourish,
whisk,
jerk,
hitch,
jolt;
jog,
joggle,
jostle,
buffet,
hustle,
disturb,
stir,
shake up,
churn,
jounce,
wallop,
whip,
vellicate†.
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3 disturb
Tamper with.
synonym: touch.
4 disturb
Destroy the peace or tranquility of.
synonym: interrupt.
5 disturb
Damage as if by shaking or jarring.
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