disturbing

Definition von disturbing im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: Present participle of disturb; Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling; 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"; {s} worrying, disquieting, perturbing; tending to interrupt; Something that is disturbing makes you feel worried or upset. There was something about him she found disturbing + disturbingly dis·turb·ing·ly the disturbingly high frequency of racial attacks. worrying or upsetting
disturbing news: worrying news
disturb: to confuse or irritate a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids
A school of fish disturbed the water.
disturb: {v} to disquiet, confound, hinder, turn
disturb: {f} bother, interrupt; confuse; worry, cause concern; cause disorder
disturb: move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought
disturb: If something disturbs a situation or atmosphere, it spoils it or causes trouble. What could possibly disturb such tranquility?
disturb: To turn from a regular or designed course
disturb: destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"
disturb: To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest
disturb: If you disturb someone, you interrupt what they are doing and upset them. I hope I'm not disturbing you
disturb: If something disturbs you, it makes you feel upset or worried. I dream about him, dreams so vivid that they disturb me for days = perturb
disturb: If something is disturbed, its position or shape is changed. He'd placed his notes in the brown envelope. They hadn't been disturbed She patted Mona, taking care not to disturb her costume
disturb: damage as if by shaking or jarring; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!"
disturb: move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
disturb: 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
disturb: Disturbance
disturb: damage as if by shaking or jarring; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!" move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought
disturb: to have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional irritation or confusion
disturb: tamper with; "Don't touch my CDs!"
disturb: to divert, redirect, or alter by disturbing
disturb: change the arrangement or position of

disturbing

Silbentrennung

dis·turb·ing

Türkische aussprache

dîstırbîng

Synonyme

upsetting, distressing, troubling, perturbing, bothersome, irksome, unpleasant, provoking, annoying, alarming, unsettling, painful, discomforting, foreboding, consequential

Aussprache

/dəˈstərbəɴɢ/ /dɪˈstɜrbɪŋ/

Etymologie

[ di-'st&rb ] (verb.) 14th century. Middle English disturben, destourben, from Old French and Latin; Old French destourber, from Latin disturbare, from dis- + turbare to throw into disorder, from turba disorder; more at TURBID.