Synonyms of disturbs

disturbs

verb

present tense third-person singular of disturb

1

as in bothers

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy

all that talk of war disturbed us

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bothers
• distracts
• worries
• unsettles
• alarms
• concerns
• angers
• agitates
• perturbs
• upsets
• annoys
• haunts
• distresses
• dismays
• irritates
• plagues
• disquiets
• confuses
• derails
• unhinges
• undoes
• embarrasses
• ails
• aggravates
• frazzles
• rattles
• discomforts
• freaks (out)
• fusses
• exasperates
• discomposes
• exercises
• distempers
• irks
• harasses
• discourages
• vexes
• bugs
• riles
• flurries
• weirds out
• pesters
• piques
• hagrides
• bedevils
• harries
• chafes
• flusters
• disconcerts
• confounds
• mortifies
• grates
• unnerves
• gets
• discomfits
• peeves
• frets
• disheartens
• puts off
• galls
• fazes
• puts out
• nettles
• daunts
• demoralizes
• chivies
• abashes
• discountenances
• shakes up
• dispirits
• jars
• nonpluses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• calms
• soothes
• settles
• quiets
• composes
• alleviates
• allays
• assuages
• tranquilizes
• appeases
• pacifies
• placates
• mollifies
• conciliates
• propitiates

2

as in removes

to change the place or position of

the items on her desk had been disturbed by someone

Synonyms & Similar Words

• removes
• relocates
• moves
• shifts
• transfers
• displaces
• transports
• conveys
• replaces
• transposes
• dislocates
• repositions
• carries
• transmits
• budges
• alters
• hauls
• supersedes
• drives
• supplants
• modifies
• varies
• revises
• transplants
• carts
• reworks
• lugs
• bears
• totes
• makes over
• remakes
• revamps
• redoes
• remodels
• refashions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stabilizes
• secures
• freezes
• sets
• fixes
• anchors
• roots
• embeds
• moors
• entrenches
• lodges
• implants
• ingrains

3

as in disrupts

to undo the proper order or arrangement of

her careful filing system is sure to be disturbed during the move

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disrupts
• confuses
• shuffles
• upsets
• disorganizes
• disorders
• disarranges
• deranges
• muddles
• dislocates
• jumbles
• scrambles
• tousles
• mixes (up)
• tumbles
• unsettles
• snarls
• perturbs
• musses
• rumples
• disarrays
• messes (up)
• disjoints
• embroils
• dishevels
• discomposes
• hashes
• tangles
• clutters
• entangles
• agitates
• stirs (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• regulates
• disposes
• organizes
• arranges
• orders
• tidies
• lines
• aligns
• ranges
• straightens (up)
• classifies
• draws up
• adjusts
• marshals
• arrays
• codifies
• lines up
• systematizes
• queues
• fixes
• makes up
• systemizes
• grooms
• methodizes
• spruces (up)
• unscrambles

4

as in annoys

to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation

sorry to disturb you while you're working

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bothers
• annoys
• worries
• irritates
• pesters
• provokes
• bugs
• harasses
• intrudes (upon)
• troubles
• aggravates
• torments
• angers
• exasperates
• irks
• vexes
• invades
• riles
• perturbs
• gnaws
• bedevils
• chivies
• besets
• persecutes
• infuriates
• afflicts
• rankles
• distresses
• plagues
• enrages
• antagonizes
• inconveniences
• roils
• piques
• inflames
• chafes
• agitates
• besieges
• grates
• frets
• encroaches
• dogs
• gets
• hassles
• outrages
• maddens
• obtrudes
• devils
• infringes
• galls
• puts out
• nettles
• rasps
• incenses
• duns
• peeves
• trespasses
• cuts in (on)
• beleaguers
• butts in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignores
• disregards
• leaves
• forgets
• obliges
• pleases
• disarms
• satisfies
• delights
• gladdens
• gratifies
• contents
• appeases
• placates
• mollifies
• slights
• conciliates
• comforts
• consoles

5

as in weighs

to cause discomfort to or trouble for

please do not disturb yourself—I'll get my own drink

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weighs
• bothers
• troubles
• inconveniences
• hinders
• upsets
• impedes
• annoys
• puts out
• angers
• obstructs
• incommodes
• inhibits
• discommodes
• aggravates
• provokes
• disobliges
• encumbers
• hampers
• irks
• exasperates
• perturbs
• vexes
• interferes (with)
• riles
• burdens
• inflames
• hobbles
• bugs
• handicaps
• piques
• agitates
• saddles
• chafes
• holds back
• ties up
• fetters
• gets
• shackles
• hamstrings
• holds up
• grates
• galls
• trammels
• nettles
• peeves
• manacles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• obliges
• helps
• favors
• aids
• accommodates
• facilitates
• assists
• abets
• eases
• smooths
• pleases
• satisfies
• disarms
• delights
• contents
• gratifies
• pacifies
• appeases
• placates
• comforts
• gladdens
• mollifies
• conciliates
• consoles

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disturbs

Tilling or plowing in the summer disturbs the soil's delicate ecosystem and exposes moist soil to rapid water loss. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 24 June 2026

The pier in Michigan City’s Washington Park disturbs the natural flow of sand along the lakeshore, creating new land east of the pier but starving beaches to the west, an erosion problem repeated by other manmade structures that jut out into Lake Michigan. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026

Regardless, there’s a clear symbolism to Clark empathizing and embracing a bloated externalization of his own inchoate fury until someone with an outside perspective disturbs his peace, and that fury breaks loose and devours him. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 29 May 2026

The idea that there can be any kind of misalignment between them, though, disturbs her. — Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 24 May 2026

The worms thrash and move erratically with a snake-like motion that disturbs the topsoil. — Maria Braganini, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026

There are lots of things weightlessness disturbs, even in the short run. — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2026

The Leo moon disturbs unconscious patterns that are ready to be interrupted. — Usa Today, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2026

Removing nodules from the ocean floor disturbs the silty seabed that's home to many organisms, like worms and small crustaceans, the scientists found. — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026