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.contactchange the arrangement or position ofSynset:agitate commove disturb raise up shake up stir up vex
Hypernyms:displace move
Inherited Hypernyms:agitatemove
Direct Hyponyms:beatpokerileroilscrambletoss
Full Troponyms:beatcreammuddlepokeroiltosstumblewhisk
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.contacttamper withSynset:disturb touch
Derivationally Related Form:disturbance
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:touchchange
Direct Hyponyms:upsetviolate
Full Troponyms:upsetviolate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changedestroy the peace or tranquility ofSynset:disturb interrupt
Examples:- Don't interrupt me when I'm reading
Hypernyms:act move
Inherited Hypernyms:interruptact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: interrupt, disturb)
vverb.changedamage as if by shaking or jarringExamples:- Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!
Hypernyms:damage
Inherited Hypernyms:disturbdamagechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
adj satadj.allcausing distress or worry or anxietySynset:distressful distressing perturbing troubling 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