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Definitions for Disturbing
[1] upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.
[2] to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
[3] to interfere with; interrupt; hinder: Please do not disturb me when I'm working.
[4] to interfere with the arrangement, order, or harmony of; disarrange: to disturb the papers on her desk.
[5] to perplex; trouble: to be disturbed by strange behavior.
[6] to cause disturbance to someone's sleep, rest, etc.: Do not disturb.
[7] tending to upset or agitate; troubling; worrying
[8] to intrude on; interrupt
[9] to destroy or interrupt the quietness or peace of
[10] to disarrange; muddle
[11] (often passive) to upset or agitate; trouble I am disturbed at your bad news
[12] to inconvenience; put out don't disturb yourself on my account
Words related to Disturbing
troublesome, embarrassing, annoying, worrisome, distressing, startling, unsettling, alarming, threatening, discouraging, unpleasant, painful, perplexing, upsetting, depressing, ominous, frightening, irritating, sinister, creepy
Words nearby Disturbing
distrust, distrustful, disturb, disturbance, disturbed, disturbing, disty., distyle, disubstituted, disulfate, disulfide
Origin of Disturbing
1175–1225; Middle English disto(u)rben, disturben < Anglo-French disto(u)rber, desturber < Latin disturbāre to demolish, upset, equivalent to dis- dis-1 + turbāre to confuse
Other words from Disturbing
dis·turb·ing·ly , adverb
non·dis·turb·ing , adjective
un·dis·turb·ing , adjective
un·dis·turb·ing·ly , adverb
dis·turb·er , noun
pre·dis·turb , verb (used with object)
Word origin for Disturbing
C13: from Latin disturbāre, from dis- 1 + turbāre to confuse
Synonyms for Disturbing
alarming, annoying, bothersome, creepy, depressing, disconcerting, discouraging, distressing, embarrassing, frightening, irritating, ominous, painful, perplexing, sinister, startling, threatening, troublesome, troubling, unpleasant, unsettling, upsetting, vexing, worrisome, worrying, aggravating, agitating, discommoding, discomposing, dismaying, foreboding, harassing, impeding, perturbing, provoking, trying, burdensome, consequential, difficult, disagreeable, discomforting, gloomy, hard, inconvenient, irksome, laborious, onerous, pessimistic, prophetic, severe, tiresome, toilsome, uncertain, wearisome