Legal Definition and Related Resources of Disturb
Meaning of Disturb
To throw into disorder or confusion; to interfere with the lawful enjoyment of a right ; to interrupt settled state , to break up or damage ; to agitate, to arouse from a state of repose, to molest, interrupt, hinder, disquiet. See Town of Ponchatoula v Bates, 138 So. 851, 173 La. 824.
Synonyms of Disturb
verb
- agitate
- alarm
- annoy
- arouse
- badger
- bedevil
- befuddle
- bewilder
- bother
- churn
- commovere
- confound
- confuse
- conturbare
- derange
- disarrange
- discomfit
- discompose
- disconcert
- dishevel
- dislocate
- dislodge
- dismay
- disorder
- disorganize
- disorientate
- displace
- displant
- displease
- disquiet
- distemper
- distract
- distress
- enrage
- exasperate
- ferment
- fluster
- havoc
- incommode
- interfere
- interrupt
- intrude
- irk
- make uneasy
- meddle
- molest
- nettle
- nonplus
- outrage
- overturn
- perplex
- perturb
- perturbare
- pique
- plaguepuzzle
- rearrange
- roil
- rouse
- ruffle
- shake
- shake up
- startle
- stir up
- subvert
- tamper
- trouble
- unbalance
- unnerve
- unseat
- unsettle
- vex
- worry
- Associated Concepts: disturbing the peace
- right to quiet enjoyment
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