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disturbative

disturbative adjective: of, pertaining to, or causing the act of disturbing.

Adjective

disturbative (comparative more disturbative, superlative most disturbative)

  1. (archaic) Of, pertaining to, or causing the act of disturbing.
    • It is not to say that all crowds are disturbative, or woe betide fashionable assemblies; but the element of disturbance is always at hand wherever a crowd is collected.1859, Dudley Costello, “Gurney; or, Two Fortunes”, in Bentley's Miscellany, volume 46, page 102

Forms of disturbative

comparativemore disturbative
superlativemost disturbative

Origin of disturbative

From disturbāt-, past participial stem of disturbō, + -ive. By surface analysis, disturb + -ative.

Questions about disturbative

What does disturbative mean?
Disturbative means of, pertaining to, or causing the act of disturbing.
What part of speech is disturbative?
Disturbative is an adjective.

Words near disturbative in the dictionary

  1. disturbances
  2. disturbant
  3. disturbants
  4. disturbation
  5. disturbations
  6. disturbative
  7. disturbaunce
  8. disturbaunces
  9. disturbe
  10. disturbed
  11. disturbed the peace

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