disturb : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: disturb	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for disturb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disturb v move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" Synonym(s): disturb, upset, trouble change the arrangement or position of Synonym(s): agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up tamper with; "Don't touch my CDs!" Synonym(s): touch, disturb destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading" Synonym(s): interrupt, disturb damage as if by shaking or jarring; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disturb \Dis*turb"\, n. Disturbance. [Obs.] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disturb \Disturb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disturbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disturbing}.] [OE. desturben, destourben, OF. destorber, desturber, destourber, fr. L. disturbare, disturbatum; dis- + turbare to disturb, trouble, turba disorder, tumult, crowd. See {Turbid}.] 1. To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest. Preparing to disturb* With all-cofounding war the realms above. --Cowper. The bellow's noise disturbed his quiet rest. --Spenser. The utmost which the discontented colonies could do, was to disturb authority. --Burke. 2. To agitate the mind of; to deprive of tranquillity; to disquiet; to render uneasy; as, a person is disturbed by receiving an insult, or his mind is disturbed by envy. 3. To turn from a regular or designed course. [Obs.] And disturb His inmost counsels from their destined aim. --Milton. Syn: To disorder; disquiet; agitate; discompose; molest; perplex; trouble; incommode; ruffle.