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Disturbance

Disturbance Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Disturbance? [n] the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion [n] a noisy fight [n] activity that is an intrusion or interruption; "he looked around for the source of the disturbance"; "there was a disturbance of neural function" [n] electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication [n] a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" [n] (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness [n] an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Disturbance: affray \| commotion \| disruption \| flutter \| folie \| fray \| hoo-ha \| hoo-hah \| hurly burly \| interference \| kerfuffle \| mental disorder \| mental disturbance \| noise \| perturbation \| perturbation \| psychological disorder \| ruffle \| stir \| to-do \| turmoil Related Terms \| Find terms related to Disturbance: abashment \| ado \| affray \| agitation \| all-overs \| angst \| anxiety \| anxiety hysteria \| anxiety neurosis \| anxious bench \| anxious concern \| anxious seat \| anxiousness \| apprehension \| apprehensiveness \| baffle \| bafflement \| befuddlement \| bewilderment \| bluster \| bobbery \| boil \| boiling \| bother \| botheration \| brawl \| broil \| brouhaha \| bustle \| cacophony \| cankerworm of care \| care \| chagrin \| chaos \| churn \| cloud \| commotion \| concern \| concernment \| confoundment \| confusion \| conturbation \| convulsion \| daze \| derangement \| dilemma \| disarrangement \| disarray \| disarticulation \| discombobulation \| discomfiture \| discomposure \| disconcert \| disconcertedness \| disconcertion \| disconcertment \| discountenance \| disharmony \| dishevelment \| disintegration \| disjunction \| dislocation \| disorder \| disorderliness \| disorganization \| disorientation \| disproportion \| disquiet \| disquietude \| disruption \| distress \| donnybrook \| donnybrook fair \| dread \| dustup \| ebullience \| ebullition \| eddy \| effervescence \| embarrassment \| embroilment \| enigma \| entropy \| excitement \| fanaticism \| fear \| feery-fary \| ferment \| fermentation \| fever \| feverishness \| fidgets \| fix \| flap \| flummox \| flurry \| fluster \| flutter \| flutteration \| fog \| foment \| fomentation \| foofaraw \| foreboding \| forebodingness \| fracas \| fray \| free-for-all \| frenzy \| fuddle \| fuddlement \| fume \| furor \| furore \| fury \| fuss \| haphazardness \| hassle \| haze \| helter-skelter \| hubbub \| hullabaloo \| hurly-burly \| hurry \| hurry-scurry \| incoherence \| indiscriminateness \| inharmonious harmony \| inquietude \| insanity \| interference \| interruption \| intrusion \| irregularity \| jam \| jitters \| jumble \| jumpiness \| maelstrom \| malaise \| maze \| melee \| mess \| misarrangement \| misgiving \| mist \| moil \| mortification \| most admired disorder \| muddle \| muddlement \| mystery \| nerviness \| nervosity \| nervous strain \| nervous tension \| nervousness \| nonplus \| nonsymmetry \| nonuniformity \| outburst \| overanxiety \| pandemonium \| passion \| pell-mell \| perplexity \| perturbation \| pickle \| pins and needles \| plight \| pother \| predicament \| problem \| promiscuity \| promiscuousness \| pucker \| puzzle \| puzzlement \| quandary \| racket \| rage \| rampage \| randomness \| restlessness \| riddle \| riot \| roil \| rough-and-tumble \| roughhouse \| rout \| row \| ruckus \| ruction \| ruffle \| rumpus \| scramble \| scrape \| seethe \| seething \| shindy \| shuffle \| shuffling \| solicitude \| stew \| stir \| storminess \| strain \| suspense \| sweat \| swirl \| swirling \| swivet \| tempestuousness \| tension \| tizzy \| to-do \| trepidation \| trepidity \| trouble \| tumult \| tumultuation \| tumultuousness \| turbidity \| turbulence \| turmoil \| twitter \| unassuredness \| unease \| uneasiness \| unquietness \| unrest \| unsettlement \| unsymmetry \| ununiformity \| upheaval \| uproar \| upset \| vexation \| violence \| vortex \| whirl \| wildness \| yeastiness \| zeal \| zealousness See Also \| aberration \| activity \| affective disorder \| agitation \| agitation \| anxiety disorder \| atmospheric static \| atmospherics \| background \| background signal \| battle royal \| bother \| carnival \| circus \| combat \| commotion \| conversion disorder \| conversion hysteria \| conversion reaction \| crosstalk \| delirium \| delusional disorder \| derangement \| din \| disorder \| disorganisation \| disorganization \| disruption \| dissociative disorder \| emotional disorder \| emotional disturbance \| encopresis \| excitement \| fadeout \| fight \| fighting \| folie a deux \| furor \| furore \| fuss \| garboil \| hassle \| havoc \| hullabaloo \| incident \| jitter \| magnetic storm \| major affective disorder \| mayhem \| melee \| motility \| motion \| move \| movement \| neurosis \| neuroticism \| outburst \| overthrow \| personality disorder \| perturbation \| psychoneurosis \| psychosomatic disorder \| rampage \| ruckus \| ruction \| rumpus \| schizothymia \| scrimmage \| static \| storm \| storm center \| storm centre \| tempest \| trouble \| tumult \| tumult \| tumultuous disturbance \| tumultuousness \| turmoil \| upheaval \| uproar \| upset \| upset \| violent disorder \| XT Disturbance In Webster's Dictionary \Dis*turb"ance\, n. [OF. destorbance.] 1. An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercises; a disturbance of the galvanic current. 2. Confusion of the mind; agitation of the feelings; perplexity; uneasiness. Any man . . . in a state of disturbance and irritation. --Burke. 3. Violent agitation in the body politic; public commotion; tumult. The disturbance was made to support a general accusation against the province. --Bancroft. 4. (Law) The hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right; as, the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, and the like. --Blackstone. Syn: Tumult; brawl; commotion; turmoil; uproar; hubbub; disorder; derangement; confusion; agitation; perturbation; annoyance.

Disturbance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Disturbance?

[n] the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion
[n] a noisy fight
[n] activity that is an intrusion or interruption; "he looked around for the source of the disturbance"; "there was a disturbance of neural function"
[n] electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
[n] a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
[n] (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
[n] an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me"

Disturbance In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*turb"ance\, n. [OF. destorbance.]
1. An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement
   of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a
   disturbance of religious exercises; a disturbance of the
   galvanic current.

2. Confusion of the mind; agitation of the feelings;
   perplexity; uneasiness.

         Any man . . . in a state of disturbance and
         irritation.                           --Burke.

3. Violent agitation in the body politic; public commotion;
   tumult.

         The disturbance was made to support a general
         accusation against the province.      --Bancroft.

4. (Law) The hindering or disquieting of a person in the
   lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the
   interruption of a right; as, the disturbance of a
   franchise, of common, of ways, and the like. --Blackstone.

Syn: Tumult; brawl; commotion; turmoil; uproar; hubbub;
     disorder; derangement; confusion; agitation;
     perturbation; annoyance.

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