vverb.emotionmove deeplySynset:disturb trouble upset
Examples:- This book upset me
- A troubling thought
Derivationally Related Form:upsettroubledisturbance
Hypernyms:affect impress move strike
Inherited Hypernyms:disturbaffect
Direct Hyponyms:agitatecarkchargecharge upcommovedisorderdisquietdistractdistressexcitejoltperturbrousetroubleturn onunhinge
Full Troponyms:agitatebesiegebotherdistresseatelectrifyhype upjoltmisgivenagperturbpotherworry
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: disturb) | The bad news will --- him (apply to: upset, trouble, disturb)
vverb.socialto cause inconvenience or discomfort toSynset:bother discommode disoblige incommode inconvenience put out trouble
Examples:- Sorry to trouble you, but...
Derivationally Related Form:botherbotherationinconveniencetrouble
Hypernyms:affect bear on bear upon impact touch touch on
Inherited Hypernyms:troubleaffectchange
Direct Hyponyms:distressstraiten
Full Troponyms:straiten
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.emotiondisturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmedSynset:cark disorder disquiet distract perturb trouble unhinge
Examples:- She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
Derivationally Related Form:distractiondisquietperturbationtrouble
Hypernyms:disturb trouble upset
Inherited Hypernyms:perturbdisturbaffect
Direct Hyponyms:vexworry
Full Troponyms:eatmisgivenagworry
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: distract) | The bad news will --- him (apply to: disquiet, distract, perturb, unhinge, trouble)
vverb.socialtake the trouble to do something; concern oneselfSynset:bother inconvenience oneself trouble trouble oneself
Examples:- He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday
- Don't bother, please
Derivationally Related Form:trouble
Hypernyms:reach strain strive
Inherited Hypernyms:trouble oneselfstrivetugfighttryact
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s to INFINITIVE
vverb.bodycause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposedSynset:ail pain trouble
Derivationally Related Form:troublepainailment
Hypernyms:hurt
Inherited Hypernyms:troublehurtindisposechange
Direct Hyponyms:break outeruptrecrudesce
Full Troponyms:erupt
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody
adj satadj.allcausing distress or worry or anxietySynset:distressful distressing disturbing perturbing worrisome worrying
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:light
Derivationally Related Form:distressfulness
Inherited Hypernyms:distressing
Similar to:heavy