Word Definition

Disturb

  1. Disturbance.
  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.
  3. To turn from a regular or designed course.
  4. To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.