Disturb Disturbed I Talk Early Sign Verb Bre

• i'm sorry to disturb you, but can i talk to you for a moment?
• if you get up early, try not to disturb everyone else.
• do not disturb (= a sign placed on the outside of the door of a hotel room, office, etc.)
• she awoke early after a disturbed night.

disturb

1. to interrupt somebody when they are trying to work, sleep, etc.
• I'm sorry to disturb you, but can I talk to you for a moment?
• If you get up early, try not to disturb everyone else.
• Do not disturb (= a sign placed on the outside of the door of a hotel room, office, etc.)
• She awoke early after a disturbed night.
• Only the cry of seabirds disturbed the silence.
2. to move something or change its position
• Don't disturb the papers on my desk.
3. to make somebody worry
• The letter shocked and disturbed me.
• It disturbed her to realize that she was alone.

Extra Examples

• I’m sorry to disturb you, but could you sign this letter?
• Don’t disturb her when she’s working.
• If you’re up early, try not to disturb the others.
• It disturbed her to realize that she was missing him already.
• Sorry to disturb you, but can I talk to you for a minute?
• There’s no point in disturbing him with something so trivial.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they disturb
• he / she / it disturbs
• past simple disturbed
• past participle disturbed
• -ing form disturbing

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French destourber, from Latin disturbare, from dis- ‘utterly’ + turbare ‘disturb’ (from turba ‘tumult’).