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verb

Disturb v. t. (past & past part. disturbed; pres. part. disturbing)

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." "The bellow's noise disturbed his quiet rest." "The utmost which the discontented colonies could do, was to disturb authority."

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.

To turn from a regular or designed course. (Obs.) "And disturb His inmost counsels from their destined aim."

Synonyms: To disorder; disquiet; agitate; discompose; molest; perplex; trouble; incommode; ruffle.

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Etymology of 'Disturbing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Disturbing" Quotes from Famous Books

... a low tone, as if afraid of disturbing the solemn silence which reigned in the building. Some time passed away, when the door slowly opened, and a lady habited in grey, with a large cross inlaid with ivory on her breast, glided into the room. She was of commanding figure, and, in spite of her unbecoming ...

— Clara Maynard - The True and the False - A Tale of the Times • W.H.G. Kingston

... disturbing the pattern with the point of her sunshade while she struggled for expression. "Yes," she said at length. "You might want—once for all—to settle the question: ...

— The Age of Innocence • Edith Wharton

... no word indicating that the discussion had come to its knowledge. All at once, however, in 1853, it came into the greatest prominence, as the result of action taken by the Unitarian Association; and, thenceforth, for a quarter of a century it was never absent as a disturbing element in the intellectual and religious life of ...

— Unitarianism in America • George Willis Cooke

... of our great subterranean reservoir who shall tell? What craft will ever float on its dark surface, under domes of pendant stalactites, rippling for the first time the ice-cold waters, and disturbing the eyeless fish in their shadowy haunts? Only when here and there we tap it, and the mighty pressure sends up a thin column of water hundreds of feet in answer. Or when we notice the strong, constant springs that at intervals break through the surface ...

— The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 • Ernest Favenc

... oftentimes of musketry. Rambure tried, for a long time, to profit by the lightness of his frigate to get ahead; but, always cut off by the enemy's vessels, and continually in danger of being taken, he returned to Dunkerque, where he immediately despatched to the Court this sad and disturbing news. He was followed, five or six days after, by the King of England, who returned to Dunkerque on the 7th of April, with his vessels ...

— Marguerite de Navarre - Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois Queen of Navarre • Marguerite de Navarre

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