| VERB | emotion | disturb, upset, trouble | move deeply |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | disturb, agitate, vex, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up | change the arrangement or position of | |
| contact | disturb, touch | tamper with | |
| change | disturb, interrupt | destroy the peace or tranquility of | |
| change | disturb | damage as if by shaking or jarring |
| Sounds | dihster'b | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | adverb ... verb: 12 rhymes with erb... | |
| Meaning | Move deeply. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will disturb him; The performance is likely to disturb Sue | |
| Synonyms | upset, trouble | |
| Narrower | agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up | Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused |
| distress | Cause mental pain to | |
| jolt | disturb (someone's) composure | |
| perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder | disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed | |
| Broader | affect, impress, move, strike | Have an emotional or cognitive impact / impact upon |
| Spanish | abrumar, afligir, alterar, descomponer, incomodar, molestar, perturbar | |
| Catalan | afligir, alterar, amoïnar, descompondre, incomodar, molestar, pertorbar, sollevar | |
| Nouns | disturbance | an unhappy and worried mental state |
| Meaning | change the arrangement or position of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | agitate, vex, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up | |
| Narrower | beat, scramble | Stir vigorously |
| poke | Stir by poking | |
| roil, rile | make turbid by stirring up the sediments of | |
| toss | agitate | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Spanish | agitar, excitar, molestar, remover | |
| Catalan | agitar, excitar, molestar, remoure | |
| Meaning | tamper with. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | touch | |
| Narrower | upset | disturb the balance or stability of |
| violate | Destroy | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | desordenar, manosear, tocar | |
| Nouns | disturbance | the act of disturbing something or someone |
| Meaning | Destroy the peace or tranquility of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Model | Sam cannot disturb Sue | |
| Synonym | interrupt | |
| Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
| Spanish | interrumpir, molestar | |
| Catalan | destorbar, interrompre, molestar | |
| Meaning | damage as if by shaking or jarring. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!" | |
| Broader | damage | inflict damage / damage upon |
| Spanish | disturbar, mover | |
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