Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disturbing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disturb \Dis*turb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disturbed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Disturbing}.] [OE. desturben, destourben, OF.
destorber, desturber, destourber, fr. L. disturbare,
disturbatum; dis- + turbare to disturb, trouble, turba
disorder, tumult, crowd. See {Turbid}.]
1. To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to
interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of
rest.
Preparing to disturb With all-cofounding war the
realms above. --Cowper.
The bellow's noise disturbed his quiet rest.
--Spenser.
The utmost which the discontented colonies could do,
was to disturb authority. --Burke.
2. To agitate the mind of; to deprive of tranquillity; to
disquiet; to render uneasy; as, a person is disturbed by
receiving an insult, or his mind is disturbed by envy.
3. To turn from a regular or designed course. [Obs.]
And disturb His inmost counsels from their destined
aim. --Milton.
Syn: To disorder; disquiet; agitate; discompose; molest;
perplex; trouble; incommode; ruffle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
disturbing
adj : causing distress or worry or anxiety; "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"
[syn: {distressing}, {distressful}, {perturbing}, {troubling},
{worrisome}, {worrying}]
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