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

1. transitive verb. To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.
2. transitive 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.
3. transitive verb. To turn from a regular or designed course.
4. noun. Disturbance.
5. verb. damage as if by shaking or jarring

   "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!"

6. verb. destroy the peace or tranquility of

   "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"

   Synonyms: interrupt

7. verb. tamper with

   "Don't touch my CDs!"

   Synonyms: touch

8. verb. change the arrangement or position of

   Synonyms: agitate, commove, vex

9. verb. move deeply

   "This book upset me"

   "A troubling thought"

   Synonyms: trouble, upset

Synonyms

interrupt, touch, agitate, commove, vex, trouble, upset

Common word forms

disturbs, disturbed, disturber, disturbing

Words from these letters

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