Dictionary Entry
disturb
disturb is a 7-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.
- 2transitive verb
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.
- 3transitive verb
To turn from a regular or designed course.
- 4noun
Disturbance.
- 5verb
damage as if by shaking or jarring
"Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!"
- 6verb
destroy the peace or tranquility of
"Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"
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- 7verb
tamper with
"Don't touch my CDs!"
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- 8verb
change the arrangement or position of
- 9verb
move deeply
"This book upset me"
"A troubling thought"
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