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conturb

conturb verb: to disturb or perturb greatly.

Verb

conturb (third-person singular simple present conturbs, present participle conturbing, simple past and past participle conturbed)

  1. (transitive) To disturb or perturb greatly.
    • When earth, with all its gilded charms, / No more conturbs with false alarms, […]1828, Alexander Laing, Donean Tourist, page 453

Forms of conturb

third-person singular presentconturbs
present participleconturbing
past participleconturbed
pastconturbed

Origin of conturb

Borrowed from Latin conturbo, conturbatus.

Questions about conturb

What does conturb mean?
Conturb means to disturb or perturb greatly.
What part of speech is conturb?
Conturb is a verb.
What is the past tense of conturb?
The past tense of conturb is conturbed.

Words near conturb in the dictionary

  1. contumely
  2. contund
  3. contunded
  4. contunding
  5. contunds
  6. conturb
  7. conturbation
  8. conturbations
  9. conturbed
  10. conturbing
  11. conturbs

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