Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disturbative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-tur-ba-tive
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or causing the act of disturbing.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ive

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more disturbative (comparative) most disturbative (superlative)

Questions

What does disturbative mean?: Of, pertaining to, or causing the act of disturbing.
Where does disturbative come from?: From disturbāt-, past participial stem of disturbō, + -ive. By surface analysis, disturb + -ative.

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