disturb
verbEtymology
From Middle English destourben, from Anglo-Norman distourber and Old French destorber, from Latin disturbare, intensifying for turbare (“to throw into disorder”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twerH-, *(s)turH- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”).
- derived from *twerH-✻
- derived from disturbare
- derived from destorber
- derived from distourber
- inherited from destourben
Definitions
to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular
to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
- The noisy ventilation disturbed me during the exam.
- The performance was disturbed twice by a ringing mobile phone.
- A school of fish disturbed the water.
to divert, redirect, or alter by disturbing.
- A mudslide disturbed the course of the river.
- The trauma disturbed his mind.
- disturb his inmost counsels from their destined aim
to have a negative emotional impact
to have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion.
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disturbance
- Instant without disturb they took alarm
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Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at disturb. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at disturb. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at disturb
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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