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déranger — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bother verb To annoy or disturb someone, or to cause them trouble.
  • disrupt verb To throw a process, system, or situation into confusion by interrupting its normal flow.
  • disturb verb To interrupt someone's peace, quiet, or concentration.
  • gall noun Bold, brazen nerve; shameless audacity.
  • mind noun The part of a person responsible for thought, awareness, memory, and reasoning.
  • trouble noun A difficult, worrying, or dangerous situation or problem.

Senses

déranger is used for these senses in English:

  • bother (transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
  • disrupt (transitive) To throw into confusion or disorder.
  • disturb (transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
  • disturb (intransitive) to have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion.
  • gall (ergative) To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
  • mind (chiefly, in the imperative) To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that). [from 17th c.]
  • trouble (reflexive, or, intransitive) To take pains (to do something); to bother.

bother — full definition

  1. verb To annoy or disturb someone, or to cause them trouble.
  2. verb To take the trouble to do something, especially when it might be seen as unnecessary.
  3. noun A minor annoyance, fuss, or inconvenience.
  4. intj A mild exclamation of annoyance.

disrupt — full definition

  1. verb To throw a process, system, or situation into confusion by interrupting its normal flow.
  2. verb To radically change an industry or market by introducing a better or cheaper way of doing things.

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