disturb

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Anglo-Norman distourber, from Old French destorber, from Latin disturbare, intensifying for turbare (“to throw into disorder”).

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈtɜːb/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)b

VerbEdit

disturb (third-person singular simple present disturbs, present participle disturbing, simple past and past participle disturbed)

1. (transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.

   The noisy ventilation disturbed me during the exam.

   The performance was disturbed twice by a ringing mobile phone.

   A school of fish disturbed the water.

2. (transitive) to divert, redirect, or alter by disturbing.

   A mudslide disturbed the course of the river.

   The trauma disturbed his mind.

   • Milton

     disturb his inmost counsels from their destined aim

3. (intransitive) to have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion.

   A disturbing film that tries to explore the mind of a serial killer.

   His behaviour is very disturbing.

Derived termsEdit

• disturbance

TranslationsEdit

confuse or irritate

• Albanian: shqetësoj (sq)
• Bulgarian: безпокоя (bg) (bezpokoja), смущавам (bg) (smuštavam)
• Catalan: molestar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mamdarin: 打擾 (zh) 打扰 (zh) (dǎrǎo)

• Czech: rušit (cs)
• Dutch: storen (nl), verstoren (nl)
• Finnish: häiritä (fi)
• French: déranger (fr), perturber (fr), gêner (fr)
• German: stören (de)
• Greek: ενοχλώ (el) (enochló)
• Hebrew: הפריע‏‎ (hifría)
• Ido: trublar (io)
• Japanese: 乱す (みだす, midasu)
• Latvian: traucēt

• Lithuanian: trukdyti
• Malay: ganggu, kacau, usik
• Maori: kaitorohi, kautorohi, whakahārangi, ueue, whakahīoi
• Norman: dêrangi
• Norwegian: forstyrre (no)
• Old Turkic: 𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰀‏‎ (bulɣa-)
• Portuguese: perturbar (pt)
• Romanian: deranja (ro)
• Russian: меша́ть (ru) (mešátʹ), беспоко́ить (ru) (bespokóitʹ), возмущать (ru) (vozmuščatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: buair, cuir dragh air
• Spanish: perturbar (es), molestar (es)
• Swedish: störa (sv)
• Tagalog: gambala, abala (tl)
• Thai: รบกวน (th)
• Turkish: rahatsız etmek (tr)

have negative emotional impact

• Albanian: shqetësoj (sq)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: тревожа (bg) (trevoža)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can

• French: perturber (fr), déranger (fr)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: deranja (ro)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Scottish Gaelic: cuir dragh air

NounEdit

disturb

1. (obsolete) disturbance

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)