Dictionary entry details
• DISTURB (verb)
Meaning:
Move deeply
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
disturb; trouble; upset
Context examples:
This book upset me / A troubling thought
Hypernyms (to "disturb" is one way to...):
affect; impress; move; strike (have an emotional or cognitive impact upon)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disturb"):
agitate; charge; charge up; commove; excite; rouse; turn on (cause to be agitated, excited, or roused)
jolt (disturb (someone's) composure)
cark; disorder; disquiet; distract; perturb; trouble; unhinge (disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed)
distress (cause mental pain to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
The bad news will disturb him
The performance is likely to disturb Sue
Meaning:
Change the arrangement or position of
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
raise up; disturb; commove; stir up; vex; shake up; agitate
Hypernyms (to "disturb" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disturb"):
poke (stir by poking)
rile; roil (make turbid by stirring up the sediments of)
toss (agitate)
beat; scramble (stir vigorously)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Tamper with
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
disturb; touch
Context example:
Don't touch my CDs!
Hypernyms (to "disturb" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disturb"):
upset (disturb the balance or stability of)
violate (destroy)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Destroy the peace or tranquility of
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
interrupt; disturb
Context example:
Don't interrupt me when I'm reading
Hypernyms (to "disturb" is one way to...):
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam cannot disturb Sue
Meaning:
Damage as if by shaking or jarring
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!
Hypernyms (to "disturb" is one way to...):
damage (inflict damage upon)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
