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Synonyms and Antonyms of disturbs
- all that talk of war disturbed us
agitates, ails, alarms (also alarums), bothers, concerns, derails, discomforts, discomposes, dismays, disquiets, distempers, distracts, distresses, exercises, flurries, frazzles, freaks (out), fusses, hagrides, perturbs, undoes, unhinges, unsettles, upsets, weirds out, worries
aggravates, angers, annoys, bugs, chafes, chivies (or chivvies), exasperates, frets, galls, gets, grates, harasses, harries, irks, irritates, nettles, peeves, pesters, piques, puts off, puts out, riles, vexes
abashes, confounds, confuses, discomfits, disconcerts, discountenances, embarrasses, fazes, flusters, jars, mortifies, nonpluses (or nonplusses), rattles, shakes up
daunts, demoralizes, discourages, disheartens, dispirits, unnerves
calms, composes, quiets, settles, soothes, tranquilizes (also tranquillizes)
- the items on her desk had been disturbed by someone
bears, carries, carts, conveys, drives, hauls, lugs, totes, transmits, transplants, transports
replaces, supersedes, supplants
alters, makes over, modifies, redoes, refashions, remakes, remodels, revamps, revises, reworks, varies
- her careful filing system is sure to be disturbed during the move
- sorry to disturb you while you're working
aggravates, annoys, bedevils, chafes, devils, dogs, duns, exasperates, frets, galls, gets, gnaws, grates, hassles, irks, irritates, nettles, peeves, persecutes, piques, puts out, rankles, rasps, riles, roils, torments, vexes, worries
angers, antagonizes, enrages, incenses, inflames (also enflames), infuriates, maddens, outrages
- please do not disturb yourself—I'll get my own drink
burdens, encumbers, saddles, weighs
fetters, hampers, hamstrings, handicaps, hinders, hobbles, holds back, holds up, impedes, inhibits, interferes (with), manacles, obstructs, shackles, ties up, trammels
aggravates, angers, annoys, bothers, bugs, chafes, exasperates, galls, gets, irks, nettles, peeves, piques, riles, vexes
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