disturbs
Interrupts the calm
Disturbs is the third-person singular of disturb, meaning to interrupt or unsettle.
Something disturbs sleep, peace, or concentration by breaking into it: The noise disturbs my work.
To disturb someone emotionally is to trouble or upset them: The news deeply disturbed her.
A sign reading "Do Not Disturb" requests to be left alone.
Disturbing evidence or images are unsettling to encounter.
Causes loss of confidence
- perturbsDisturbs or unsettles
- disquietsCauses mental unease
- disconcertsDisturbs someone's composure
- troublesDistressing difficulties
bothers · discomforts · rattles · flusters · dismays · agitates · shakes · fazed
Removes from usual place
- movesChanges in position
- shiftsMoves or work periods
- rearrangesAlters position of items
- upsetsDisturbs or overturns
disorders · disorganizes · scatters · misplaces · tampers · meddles · unsettles · shuffles
Enters uninvited
- disruptsInterferes with normal operation
- interferesMeddles in others' affairs
- encroachesGradually intrudes on boundaries
- trespassesUnlawful entries onto property
imposes · meddles · obtrudes · intercepts · interjects · intervenes · invades · breaches
unnerves
Causes loss of confidence
- perturbsDisturbs or unsettles
- disquietsCauses mental unease
- disconcertsDisturbs someone's composure
troubles · bothers · discomforts · rattles · flusters · dismays · agitates · shakes · fazed · ruffles
displaces
Removes from usual place
- movesChanges in position
- shiftsMoves or work periods
- rearrangesAlters position of items
upsets · disorders · disorganizes · scatters · misplaces · tampers · meddles · unsettles · shuffles · dislocates
intrudes
Enters uninvited
- disruptsInterferes with normal operation
- interferesMeddles in others' affairs
- encroachesGradually intrudes on boundaries
trespasses · imposes · meddles · obtrudes · intercepts · interjects · intervenes · invades · breaches · infringes
stirs
Blends by circling
mixes · whips · froths · ripples · aerates · muddles · eddies · ruffles · turbulence · sediment
- do not disturbRequest for solitude
- disturbing the peaceCriminal public disruption
- disturb the peaceDisrupt public tranquility
- public disturbanceDisorderly conduct affecting others
- civil disturbanceViolent public disorder event
- sleep disturbanceInterrupted or poor rest
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