What is another word for disturb ?

occupy someone's thoughts

get on somebody's nerves

disaccord

disharmonize

discord

make someone's hair stand on end

chill off

frighten to death

bend someone's ear

weigh heavily on someone's mind

balk^US

lie heavy on someone's mind

weigh heavy on someone's mind

fill with consternation

louse up

muck up

harm

set someone's teeth on edge

give someone the hump

baulk^UK

make one's blood run cold

make someone jump out of his skin

make one's teeth chatter

scare the living daylights out of someone

scare the pants off of

cause pain

cause someone distress

put someone's nose out of joint

put someone's back up

get someone's goat

tread on someone's toes

catch somebody off balance

catch somebody unawares

give someone a fright

pull the rug from under

incapacitate

put off his or her stride

make someone laugh on the other side of their face

make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth

take the wind out of someone's sails

make someone's flesh crawl

chill someone's blood

make someone's hair curl

pull the rug out from under

dishonour^UK

make someone's head spin

dishonor^US

make someone's stomach rise

make someone's gorge rise

be a weight on one's mind

raise someone's eyebrows

shake out of your complacency

hit like ton of bricks

take the wind out of your sails

get on someone's wick

brutalize^US

brutalise^UK

make a big thing out of

make a big thing of

make a meal of

make a mountain out of a molehill

monopolize^US

enthral^UK

harsh someone's mellow

give someone the blues

make someone fed up

make despondent

make desolate

make your heart bleed

pour cold water on

cast a gloom upon

beat down

bring tears to someone's eyes

make gloomy

bear down

make someone's heart bleed

make sad

bring tears to your eyes

keep under

dampen someone's spirits

dash someone's hopes

break someone's spirit

throw cold water on

break someone's heart

enthrall^US

monopolise^UK

cause to feel nauseous

make someone want to throw up

make one's flesh creep

chill someone to the marrow

make teeth chatter

make blood run cold

scare someone half to death

take someone's breath away

fire the imagination of

fire the enthusiasm of

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“He had been disturbed by the news of the attack.”

Verb

throw a spanner in the works of

Interfere with the normal arrangement or functioning of

put out of order

throw a monkey wrench in the works of

change the order

break the deck

hash up

destabilize^US

turn something topsy-turvy

randomize^US

turn something upside down

randomise^UK

demobilize^US

reorganize^US

demobilise^UK

destabilise^UK

throw into a state of disorganization

reorganise^UK

baulk^UK

balk^US

neutralize^US

neutralise^UK

put a spoke in someone's wheel

queer someone's pitch

upset one's apple cart

pulverize^US

pulverise^UK

upset someone's apple cart

be a blot on the landscape

take wind out of sails

vaporize^US

outmaneuver^US

take the enjoyment out of

take the pleasure out of

vaporise^UK

rain on someone's parade

work against

make waves

elude

make of no use or value

throw monkey wrench in

throw a spanner in the works

buffalo

promote

dodge

throw a monkey wrench in the works

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“The whole rationale of symbolic gestures requires that they disrupt and disturb the secular order.”

Verb

breathe down someone's neck

Interrupt the sleep, relaxation, or privacy of

give someone the hump

antagonize^US

drive round the twist

antagonise^UK

get on someone's nerves

get someone's back up

make someone's blood boil

ruffle someone's feathers

make someone's hackles rise

get in someone's hair

get under someone's skin

get up someone's nose

get someone's dander up

rub you up the wrong way

raise someone's hackles

tantalize^US

tantalise^UK

be a pain in the neck

fire up

be a thorn in someone's side

get your dander up

stick in one's craw

set one's teeth on edge

get someone's hackles up

try someone's patience

be a thorn in someone's flesh

rattle someone's cage

get on nerves

get on someone's wick

try your patience

drive you up the wall

agonize^US

agonise^UK

ruffle one's feathers

push someon's buttons

put your nose out of joint

breath down someone's neck

rub one the wrong way

get on somebody's nerves

pressurize^US

pressurise^UK

put someone's back up

put someone's nose out of joint

bring pressure to bear on

make one's hackles rise

get on someone's case

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“And no one will be able to disturb the privacy of the bathroom, as the bottom of the window is a little higher than the tub.”

Verb

To put into a new position

change the position of

reorganize^US

reorganise^UK

syphon^UK

siphon^US

knock out of position

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move backwards and forwards

To shake or vibrate jerkily or nervously

agonise^UK

agonize^US

change one's position

swing backwards and forwards

turn

zigzag

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“A gentle wave or two disturbing the surface.”

Verb

To cause someone inconvenience

Verb

To tease, typically in a good-natured way

satirise^UK

satirize^US

tantalise^UK

tantalize^US

take the mickey out of

play a practical joke

make a laughing-stock

play a practical joke on

make a monkey out of someone

lead up the garden path

tell somebody stories

make someone's mouth water

keep someone hanging on

expose to ridicule

make someone a laughing stock

laugh out of court

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Verb

throw a spanner in the works of

To obstruct or get in the way of an operation or process

baulk^UK

balk^US

throw a monkey wrench in the works of

neutralize^US

throw a spoke in the wheel of

neutralise^UK

throw a spanner in the works

bring to screeching halt

criminalize^US

put a spoke in someone's wheel

criminalise^UK

upset one's apple cart

give the run around

reschedule

inc

prevent from making progress

bring to a standstill

place at a disadvantage

throw monkey wrench in

put out of commission

hold captive

clip someone's wings

cramp someone's style

put at a disadvantage

take wind out of sails

throw a monkey wrench into

queer someone's pitch

give the thumbs down to

put the chill on

declare taboo

deny

give the red light to

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Verb

tug at someone's heartstrings

To influence, usually emotionally

make an impression on

tug at your heartstrings

leave an impression on

come into one's consciousness

colour^UK

mould^UK

mold^US

color^US

galvanize^US

galvanise^UK

stick in someone's mind

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Verb

Encroach or intrude on

tread on someone's toes

worm in

make inroads into

step on someone's toes

squeeze in

invade someone's space

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Verb

(usually in the negative) To handle, especially in order to interfere with, alter, or otherwise affect

Verb

break someone's train of thought

To interfere in matters that are not one's concern

put one's two cents in

disjoin

insinuate

break train of thought

put your two cents in

thrust yourself in

move in

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Verb

bring about the downfall of

Knock or force out of position

knock out of position

turf out

dig out

get out

give someone the boot

throw someone out on their ear

give the old heave-ho

give someone their marching orders

axe^UK

ax^US

throw out on your ear

run off

force to leave

throw out on the streets

give someone the push

change the position of

put out in the street

give someone their P45

give someone the bullet

bump

give someone their cards

ostracize^US

ostracise^UK

give someone the big E

leave out in the cold

cast off

disperse

embargo

give someone their notice

veto

clear

ship out

give someone the sack

prohibit from entering

marginalize^US

marginalise^UK

sentence to transportation

sentence

ask to leave

give somebody the boot

give somebody the push

give something a miss

demobilize^US

prevent from entering

shut the door on

refuse admittance

bundle

demobilise^UK

give the cold shoulder

give the cold shoulder to

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Verb

(with reference to a person's nerves) To set or be set on edge

Verb

To continue to bring up as a point of contention

breathe down someone's neck

get on someone's back

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Disturb the status quo

challenge the status quo

Verb

Cause trouble

knock something on the head

Verb

Break in or encroach on something

Verb

To stop or interrupt an action, process or operation

bring to a standstill

immobilize^US

axe^UK

immobilise^UK

ax^US

give something the chop

marginalize^US

nip something in the bud

marginalise^UK

bring someone to their knees

finish the working day

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Verb

go through with a fine-tooth comb

Search unsystematically and untidily through something

leave no stone unturned

scrutinize^US

scrutinise^UK

enquire^UK

inquire^US

go over with a fine-tooth comb

leave no stone unturned in

go through with fine-tooth comb

reconnoiter^US

reconnoitre^UK

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wipe from the face of the earth

To tear (something) into pieces

split down the middle

itemise^UK

itemize^US

pulverize^US

vaporize^US

pulverise^UK

vaporise^UK

wipe off the face of the earth

be smashed to smithereens

axe^UK

ax^US

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forget where one has put something

To be unable to find something

forget whereabouts of

be unable to lay hands on

forget the whereabouts of

be unable to put your hands on

put in the wrong place

demobilize^US

demobilise^UK

destabilize^US

destabilise^UK

turn something topsy-turvy

ruin

randomize^US

recombine

turn something upside down

randomise^UK

reorganize^US

throw into a state of disorganization

reorganise^UK

throw a spanner in the works of

throw a monkey wrench in the works of

pull the rug from under

pull the rug out from under

put someone off their stroke

throw into uproar

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Verb

To divert one's mind or attention (to something else)

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