To stir; trouble; agitate; molest; move from a state of rest or tranquillity: as, to disturb a sleeper; to disturb the sediment.To move or agitate; discompose; disquiet; throw into perplexity or confusion.To interfere with; interrupt; hinder; incommode; derange.To turn aside; cause to deviate; throw out of course or order.Synonyms To disorder, unsettle, molestTo perplex, trouble, annoy, vex, worry, plague.To impede, interrupt.n. Disturbance.