DISTURB


Meaning of DISTURB in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

If you ~ someone, you interrupt what they are doing and upset them.

I hope I’m not ~ing you.

VERB: V n

2.

If something ~s you, it makes you feel upset or worried.

I dream about him, dreams so vivid that they ~ me for days...

= perturb

VERB: V n

3.

If something is ~ed, its position or shape is changed.

He’d placed his notes in the brown envelope. They hadn’t been ~ed...

She patted Mona, taking care not to ~ her costume.

VERB: be V-ed, V n

4.

If something ~s a situation or atmosphere, it spoils it or causes trouble.

What could possibly ~ such tranquility?

VERB: V n

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