disturb

Other forms of disturb

past tense

disturbed·

present participle

disturbing·

third person

disturbs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about disturb

What does disturb mean?

disturb means "move deeply". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in disturb?

disturb has 2 syllables: di-sturb. The stress falls on "sturb". In IPA it is /dɪˈstɝb/.

What is another word for disturb?

Close synonyms include upset, trouble, agitate, vex, commove. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is disturb a common word?

disturb is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.