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Disturb

To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Affect 76% connected

To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Damage 76% connected

Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.

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Displace 76% connected

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

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Impress 76% connected

To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Strike 76% connected

To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

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Manner of action 22

Agitate 76% connected

To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.

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Beat 76% connected

of Beat

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Cark 76% connected

A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry.

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Charge 76% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Commove 76% connected

To urge; to persuade; to incite.

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Disorder 76% connected

Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.

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Disquiet 76% connected

Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy.

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Distract 76% connected

Separated; drawn asunder.

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Distress 76% connected

Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends.

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Excite 76% connected

To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a per…

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Jolt 76% connected

To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.

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Perturb 76% connected

To disturb; to agitate; to vex; to trouble; to disquiet.

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Poke 76% connected

A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and…

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Rile 76% connected

To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil.

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Roil 76% connected

To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of; as, to roil wine, cider, etc. , in casks or bottles; to roil a spring.

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Rouse 76% connected

To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.

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Scramble 76% connected

To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.

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Toss 76% connected

To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.

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Trouble 76% connected

To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.

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Unhinge 76% connected

To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door.

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Upset 76% connected

To set up; to put upright.

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Violate 76% connected

To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.

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Derivationally related 2

Disturbance 74% connected

An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercis…

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Disturbance 74% connected

An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercis…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 7

Agitate 92% connected

To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Commove 92% connected

To urge; to persuade; to incite.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Interrupt 92% connected

To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a t…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Touch 92% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Trouble 92% connected

To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Upset 92% connected

To set up; to put upright.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Vex 92% connected

To to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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