Synonyms of the word

distract

• v. (transitive) To divert the attention of.
• adj. (obsolete) Separated; drawn asunder.
• adj. (obsolete) Insane; mad.

cark

• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be filled with worry, solicitude, or troubles.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To bring worry, vexation, or anxiety.
• n. (obsolete) A noxious or corroding worry.
• n. (obsolete) The state of being filled with worry.
• v. Eye dialect spelling of caulk.
• v. See cark it.

confuse

• v. To thoroughly mix; to confound; to disorder.
• v. (obsolete) To rout; discomfit.
• v. To mix up; to puzzle; to bewilder.
• v. To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
• v. To mistake one thing for another.

deflect

• v. (transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path.
• v. (intransitive) To deviate from its original path.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To avoid addressing (questions, criticism, etc.).
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To divert (attention, etc.).

disconcert

• v. (transitive) To upset the composure of.
• v. (transitive) To bring into confusion.
• v. (transitive) To frustrate, make go wrong.

disorder

• n. Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.
• n. A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.
• n. (medicine, countable) A physical or psychical malfunction.
• v. (transitive) To throw into a state of disorder.
• v. (transitive) To knock out of order or sequence.

disquiet

• n. Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; anxiety, disturbance, restlessness, uneasiness.
• adj. Deprived of quiet; impatient, restless, uneasy.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To make (someone or something) worried or anxious.

disturb

• v. (transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions…
• v. (transitive) to divert, redirect, or alter by disturbing.
• v. (intransitive) to have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion.
• n. (obsolete) disturbance.

flurry

• n. A light, brief snowfall.
• n. A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze.
• n. A shower of dust, leaves etc. brought on by a sudden gust of wind.
• n. Any sudden activity; a stir.
• n. A snack consisting of soft ice cream mixed with small pieces of fruit, cookie crumbs, etc.
• n. The violent spasms of a dying whale.
• n. An occurrence of something (countable instances) in large numbers, happening suddenly or in a short period…
• v. (transitive) To agitate, bewilder, disconcert.
• v. (intransitive) To move or fall in a flurry.

perturb

• v. To disturb; to bother or unsettle.
• v. (physics) To slightly modify the motion of an object.
• v. (astronomy) To modify the motion of a body by exerting a gravitational force.
• v. (mathematics) To modify slightly, such as an equation or value.

trouble

• n. A distressing or dangerous situation.
• n. A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.
• n. A violent occurrence or event.
• n. Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required.
• n. A malfunction.
• n. Liability to punishment; conflict with authority.
• n. (mining) A fault or interruption in a stratum.
• v. (transitive, now rare) To disturb, stir up, agitate (a medium, especially water).
• v. (transitive) To mentally distress; to cause (someone) to be anxious or perplexed.
• v. (transitive) In weaker sense: to bother; to annoy, pester.
• v. (reflexive or intransitive) To take pains to do something.

unhinge

• v. To remove the leaf of a door or a window from its supporting hinges.
• v. To mentally disturb.

upset

• adj. (of a person) Angry, distressed, or unhappy.
• adj. (of a stomach or gastrointestinal tract, referred to as stomach) Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to…
• n. (uncountable) Disturbance or disruption.
• n. (countable, sports, politics) An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored…
• n. (automobile insurance) An overturn.
• n. An upset stomach.
• n. (mathematics) An upper set; a subset (X,≤) of a partially ordered set with the property that, if x is…
• v. (transitive) To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
• v. (transitive) To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).
• v. (transitive) To tip or overturn (something).
• v. (transitive) To defeat unexpectedly.
• v. (intransitive) To be upset or knocked over.
• v. (obsolete) To set up; to put upright.
• v. To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.
• v. To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.