disturbing

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. causing distress or worry or anxiety“distressing (or disturbing) news”“lived in heroic if something distressful isolation”“a disturbing amount of crime”“a revelation that was most perturbing”“a new and troubling thought”“in a particularly worrisome predicament”“a worrying situation”“a worrying time”Synonyms: distressingdistressfulperturbingtroublingworrisomeworrying
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Disturb \Dis*turb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disturbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disturbing.] [OE. desturben, destourben, OF. destorber, desturber, destourber, fr. L. disturbare, disturbatum; dis- + turbare to disturb, trouble, turba disorder, tumult, crowd. See Turbid.]

1.To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest. [1913 Webster]

Preparing to disturb With all-cofounding war the realms above.— Cowper.[1913 Webster]
The bellow's noise disturbed his quiet rest.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]
The utmost which the discontented colonies could do, was to disturb authority.— Burke.[1913 Webster]

2.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. [1913 Webster]

3.To turn from a regular or designed course. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

And disturb His inmost counsels from their destined aim.— Milton.

Syn: To disorder; disquiet; agitate; discompose; molest; perplex; trouble; incommode; ruffle. [1913 Webster]

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