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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 'Disturbed'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Disturbed" Quotes from Famous Books

... faded. The artist turned to the easel, taking up a brush, as if to seek in work a vent for his disturbed thought. ...

— Unfinished Portraits - Stories of Musicians and Artists • Jennette Lee

... during which he confronted them, the moonlight shone full upon his countenance, and the shepherds, who had in former days attended the ceremonies of the temple, saw with astonishment that the solitary mourner whose meditations they had disturbed was no other than Ulpius ...

— Antonina • Wilkie Collins

... a hero. I myself, as grateful head of this institution, called on several different occasions to present my official thanks, but I was invariably met at the door with word that he was sleeping and did not wish to be disturbed. The first two times I believed Mrs. McGurk; after that—well, I know our doctor! So when it came time to send our little maid to prattle her unconscious good-bys to the man who had saved her life, I despatched her in ...

— Dear Enemy • Jean Webster

... Juliet listened for a long while to the roar of the weir, wondering at what she thought must be distant thunder. Then the occasional twitter of a bird, or the soft lowing of a cow, or the splash of a fish leaping in the river, disturbed her from her thoughts and startled her. And once, when all was very dark and very silent, she heard the regular pulse of oars, and the clanking of chains, and the creaking of wood, and subdued voices; and she imagined robbers. But all became quiet again; ...

— Littlebourne Lock • F. Bayford Harrison

... little that night. The low sobs and shivering sighs of Helen, disturbed and troubled her, and she longed to go to her, and whisper in her ear all those arguments and hopeful promises which she felt would have consoled her under the same circumstances; but it was a wild, defiant kind of grief, which she thought had better exhaust ...

— May Brooke • Anna H. Dorsey

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