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misgiving(s), scepticism, suspicion, disbelief, incredulity,
incredulousness, hesitation, caution, wariness, qualm,
hesitancy: His claims were greeted with distrust.
distrustful
adj. distrusting, untrusting, mistrustful, doubting, chary,
wary, cautious, suspicious, sceptical, doubtful, dubious,
cynical, disbelieving, unbelieving, uneasy, nervous, hesitant,
hesitating, unsure, uncertain, Colloq leery: She is distrustful
of men who bring her flowers.
disturb v. 1 interrupt, disrupt, intrude (on), inconvenience, put out,
interfere (with); bother, pester, annoy, irritate, irk, upset,
plague, hector, harry, harass, worry, vex, provoke, pique,
peeve, get on (someone's) nerves, Colloq bug, miff, get under
(someone's) skin, get in (someone's) hair, drive nuts or crazy
or bats or batty or bananas or up the wall, hassle: The sound
of dripping water disturbed me. Please do not disturb the
animals. 2 agitate, stir or churn (up), shake (up), unsettle,
roil, disorder: The lake's surface was violently disturbed by
an enormous creature. 3 unsettle, affect, upset, damage, harm,
destroy: We put the delicate mechanism where it wouldn't be
disturbed by curious visitors. 4 trouble, disconcert, discomfit,
perturb, ruffle, fluster, upset, agitate, put off, bother,
discommode, put out, unsettle, distress; alarm, Colloq shake
(up): He was greatly disturbed by the death of his father. 5
affect, upset, confound, confuse, change, put off, ruin,
destroy, cancel, make ineffectual or ineffective, negate: Any
change in temperature will disturb the results of the
experiment.
disturbance
n. 1 disruption, disorder, disorganization, disarrangement,
disarray; upheaval, interruption, upset, intrusion,
interference: She won't tolerate any disturbance to her
schedule. 2 commotion, disorder, upset, outburst, tumult,
turmoil, turbulence, violence, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly,
uproar, brouhaha, rumpus, brawl, mˆl‚e or melee, breach of the
peace, Donnybrook, fray, affray, fracas, trouble, Colloq ruckus,
Brit spot of bother, Slang Brit spot of bovver: There was a
disturbance at the pub yesterday.
disturbed adj. 1 upset, uneasy, uncomfortable, discomfited, troubled,