| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A state of discomposure: agitation, dither, fluster, flutter, perturbation, tumult, turmoil. Informal : lather, stew. See CALM. 2. The act or an example of upsetting: disordering, disorganization, disruption. See ORDER. | | VERB: | 1. To impair or destroy the composure of: agitate, bother, discompose, disquiet, distract, disturb, flurry, fluster, perturb, rock, ruffle, shake (up), toss, unsettle. Informal : rattle. See CALM. 2. To put out of proper order: derange, disarrange, disarray, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, jumble, mess up, mix up, muddle, tumble, unsettle. See ORDER. 3. To break up the order or progress of: disrupt, disturb. See ORDER. 4. To turn or cause to turn from a vertical or horizontal position: capsize, knock over, overthrow, overturn, topple, turn over. See CHANGE, HORIZONTAL, MOVE. 5. To disturb the health or physiological functioning of: derange, disorder, turn, unsettle. See HEALTH. | | ADJECTIVE: | Turned over completely: capsized, inverted, overturned, upside-down, upturned. See HORIZONTAL.
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