[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

disturb \disturb"\, 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.
      1913 webster

            preparing to disturb
            with all-cofounding war the realms above. --cowper.
      1913 webster

            the bellow's noise disturbed his quiet rest.
                                                  --spenser.
      1913 webster

            the utmost which the discontented colonies could do,
            was to disturb authority.             --burke.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   3. to turn from a regular or designed course. obs.
      1913 webster

            and disturb
            his inmost counsels from their destined aim.
                                                  --milton.

   syn: to disorder; disquiet; agitate; discompose; molest;
        perplex; trouble; incommode; ruffle.
        1913 webster
see also:
disturbed disturbing turbid 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
distressing distressful perturbing troubling worrisome worrying 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

100 moby thesaurus words for "disturbing":
   aggravating, agitating, alarming, annoying, awkward, baffling,
   bewildering, bothering, bothersome, breathtaking, chafing, charged,
   cliff-hanging, confounding, confusing, crushing, discomposing,
   disconcerting, dismaying, disquieting, distracting, distressful,
   distressing, electric, embarrassing, enigmatic, exasperating,
   exciting, exhilarating, fretting, galling, galvanic, harassing,
   heady, heart-expanding, heart-stirring, heart-swelling,
   heart-thrilling, humiliating, importunate, importune, impressive,
   inflammatory, intoxicating, intricate, irking, irksome, irritating,
   jarring, jolting, maddening, mind-blowing, mortifying, moving,
   mysterious, mystifying, overcoming, overmastering, overpowering,
   overwhelming, perplexing, perturbing, pesky, pestering,
   pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, piquant, plaguesome, plaguey,
   plaguing, problematic, provocative, provoking, puzzling, ravishing,
   soul-stirring, spirit-stirring, stimulating, stimulative, stirring,
   striking, suspenseful, suspensive, tantalizing, teasing, telling,
   thrilling, thrilly, tiresome, tormenting, troublesome, troubling,
   unsettling, upsetting, vexatious, vexing, wearisome, worrisome,
   worrying

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