Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to disturb
Participle: disturbed
Gerund: disturbing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | disturb |
| you | disturb |
| he;she;it | disturbs |
| we | disturb |
| you | disturb |
| they | disturb |
Perfect
| I | have disturbed |
| you | have disturbed |
| he;she;it | has disturbed |
| we | have disturbed |
| you | have disturbed |
| they | have disturbed |
Past
| I | disturbed |
| you | disturbed |
| he;she;it | disturbed |
| we | disturbed |
| you | disturbed |
| they | disturbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had disturbed |
| you | had disturbed |
| he;she;it | had disturbed |
| we | had disturbed |
| you | had disturbed |
| they | had disturbed |
Future
| I | will disturb |
| you | will disturb |
| he;she;it | will disturb |
| we | will disturb |
| you | will disturb |
| they | will disturb |
Future Perfect
| I | will have disturbed |
| you | will have disturbed |
| he;she;it | will have disturbed |
| we | will have disturbed |
| you | will have disturbed |
| they | will have disturbed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | disturb |
| you | disturb |
| he;she;it | disturb |
| we | disturb |
| you | disturb |
| they | disturb |
Perfect
| I | have disturbed |
| you | have disturbed |
| he;she;it | have disturbed |
| we | have disturbed |
| you | have disturbed |
| they | have disturbed |
Imperfect
| I | disturbed |
| you | disturbed |
| he;she;it | disturbed |
| we | disturbed |
| you | disturbed |
| they | disturbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had disturbed |
| you | had disturbed |
| he;she;it | had disturbed |
| we | had disturbed |
| you | had disturbed |
| they | had disturbed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would disturb |
| you | would disturb |
| he;she;it | would disturb |
| we | would disturb |
| you | would disturb |
| they | would disturb |
Perfect
| I | would have disturbed |
| you | would have disturbed |
| he;she;it | would have disturbed |
| we | would have disturbed |
| you | would have disturbed |
| they | would have disturbed |
Imperative
| you | disturb |
| we | Let's disturb |
| you | disturb |
Verbs conjugated like 'disturb'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'disturb'
disturn,
deturb,
discure,
disorb,
dister,
distort,
distune,
misturn,
sturb,
conturb,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to upset or make a mess of something; to put into disarray; to adversely alter
- bugger up, dirty, disrupt, fuck up, jack up, mar, mess up, pollute, put a crimp in, queer, ruin, screw up, sour, spoil, stain, turn upside down, upset, upset the applecart
- upset
- confuse, displace, disorder, distort, ruffle, interfere, interrupt
- alarm
- trouble, molest, agitate, perplex, perturb, rattle, shake, startle
Antonyms
- alarm
- assurance, confidence, security, comfort
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1225, from L.
disturbare "throw into disorder," from
dis- "completely" +
turbare "to disorder, disturb," from
turba "turmoil."
Disturbed "emotionally or mentally unstable" is from 1904.
2. From Middle English destourben, from Anglo-Norman distourber and Old French destorber, from Latin disturbare, intensifying for turbare (“to throw into disorder”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twerH-, *(s)turH- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”). See: Old French '
destorber', Latin '
disturbare'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] the shadows who appear to us in those visions of the night, so she, having no words, uses her finger alphabet in her sleep. And it has been ascertained that when her slumber is broken, and is much disturbed by dreams, she expresses her thoughts in an irregular and confused manner on her fingers: just as we should murmur and mutter them indistinctly, in the like circumstances.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] to two hundred: sometimes more. The advent of each of these epochs in the day is proclaimed by an awful gong, which shakes the very window-frames as it reverberates through the house, and horribly disturbs nervous foreigners. There is an ordinary for ladies, and an ordinary for gentlemen.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] and prejudice. His heart was exactly where yours, sir, and mine could be brought, with proper effort and cultivation. The wild look of anguish and utter despair that the woman cast on him might have disturbed one less practised; but he was used to it. He had seen that same look hundreds of times. You can get used to such things, too, my friend; and it is the great object of recent efforts to make our [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ How can you propose it ? ” said Marie. “ St. Clare, you really are inconsiderate. So nervous as I am, the least breath disturbs me; and a strange hand about me would drive me absolutely frantic. If Mammy felt the interest in me she ought to, she'd wake easier,—of course, she would. I 've heard of people who had such devoted [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Well, I won't disturb the exercises again, on my honor; ” and St. Clare took his paper into the parlor, and sat down, till Topsy had finished her recitations. They were all very well, only that now and then she would [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The friend who knew most of Eva's own imaginings and foreshadowings was her faithful bearer, Tom. To him she said what she would not disturb her father by saying. To him she imparted those mysterious intimations which the soul feels, as the cords begin to unbind, ere it leaves its clay forever.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] a superb moonlight night, and the shadows of the graceful China trees lay minutely pencilled on the turf below, and there was that transparent stillness in the air which it seems almost unholy to disturb. Legree was a little distance from the quarters, when he heard the voice of some one singing. It was not a usual sound there, and he paused to listen. A musical tenor voice sang, ~~~ “ When I can [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] understood full well that it was GOD who was standing between him and his victim, and he blasphemed him. That submissive and silent man, whom taunts, nor threats, nor stripes, nor cruelties, could disturb, roused a voice within him, such as of old his Master roused in the demoniac soul, saying, “ What have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth ? — art thou come to torment us before the time ? ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ O ! nothing. I suppose it wouldn't disturb _you ! _ Only groans, and people scuffing, and rolling round on the garret floor, half the night, from twelve to morning ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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- Take care. - Thanks. ♪ [Knock on door] Am I disturbing you ?
(First Person: A Film About Love)