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- pronunciation:
- dih
stuhrb
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
disturbs, disturbing, disturbed |
| definition 1: |
to interrupt, especially by making noise.
打扰
The party next door disturbed our sleep.邻居家的派对打扰了我们的睡眠。- synonyms:
- interrupt, trouble
- similar words:
- inconvenience, jar, violate
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| definition 2: |
to upset or put in disorder.
弄乱, 扰乱
The wind disturbed the surface of the pond.The cat disturbed my papers.风扰乱了湖面的平静。猫弄乱了我的资料。- synonyms:
- disorder, upset
- antonyms:
- organize
- similar words:
- agitate, jar, ruffle, shake
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| definition 3: |
to make nervous or uneasy; to trouble.
使不安
It disturbed him to see his mother lying in the hospital.看到他母亲躺在医院令他不安。- synonyms:
- bother, trouble
- similar words:
- agitate, dismay, disorder, distract, jangle, jar, ruffle, shake, upset, worry
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| related words: |
aggravate, alarm, badger, bug, concern, disagree, distract, distress, eat, fluster, frighten, heckle, interrupt, invade, nag, scare, shock, startle, tear, trouble |
The word disturb
contains the following parts:
dis-
Latin
prefix
that means not; apart; reverse, negate
  More about this word part:
The prefix dis-
occurs in English attached to Latin roots, as in dissent
, but also forms words in English by attaching to verbs (dishearten) and nouns ( disbelief
). dis-
has two other forms, as the "s" sound in dis-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms dif- and di-3.
Example words:
disable, disadvantage, disagree, disagreeable, disappear, disappearance, disappoint, disapprove, disbelief, discard, discomfort, disconnect, discord, discourteous, disgrace, disgust, dishonest, disintegrate, dislike, dislodge, dismantle, disobey, disorder, disown, dispense, displace, display, displease, disposable, disposal, disprove, disqualify, disregard, disrupt, dissect, dissent, dissolve, distort, distrust, disturb
- synonyms:
- de-, un-
turb
Latin
root
that means confusion
Example words:
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