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▪ I. diˈsturbing, vbl. n.
[f. disturb v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb disturb; disturbance. (Now only gerundial.)
1340Ayenb. 225 Alneway he may bleue ine his spoushod yef þer ne is non oþer destorbinge. 1382Wyclif Ps. xxx. 21 Thou schalt hide them in the hid place of thi face; fro the disturbyng of men [Vulg. conturbatione; 1388 disturblyng]. 1597J. King On Jonas (1618) 76 Discountenancings, disturbings, dispossessings of them. [1776G. Semple Building in Water 51 The disturbing our Stages, Utensils, &c.]
▪ II. diˈsturbing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That disturbs; see the verb.
1592Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 649 Where Love reigns, disturbeing Jealousy Doth call himself Affection's sentinel. 1812–6Playfair Nat. Phil. (ed. 3) II. 259 From the disturbing force in the direction of the radius vector, he determined the Moon's nearest approach to the Earth, and farthest recess from it. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 3 This uncertainty..is a disturbing element.
Hence diˈsturbingly adv., disquietingly.
1880New Virginians I. 200 The old man groaned..louder and more disturbingly. 1886H. James Bostonians II. ii. xxiv. 120 She was so disturbingly beautiful. |