Overview of verb disturb

The verb disturb has 5 senses

• disturb, upset, trouble -- (move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought")


• agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up -- (change the arrangement or position of)


• touch, disturb -- (tamper with; "Don't touch my CDs!")


• interrupt, disturb -- (destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading")


• disturb -- (damage as if by shaking or jarring; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!")

Overview of adj disturbing

The adj disturbing has 1 sense

• distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying -- (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")