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| NOUN | 1 | disturbance, perturbation | Activity that is an intrusion or interruption |
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| 2 | disturbance, perturbation, upset | An unhappy and worried mental state | |
| 3 | disturbance, disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle | A disorderly outburst or tumult | |
| 4 | disturbance, affray, fray, ruffle | A noisy fight | |
| 5 | disturbance | The act of disturbing something or someone | |
| 6 | disturbance, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder, folie | (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion | |
| 7 | disturbance, noise, interference | Electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication |
| Sounds | dihster'bahns |
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| Rhymes | abeyance, abhorrence, absence, and 264 more rhymes in ahns... |
| Meaning | Activity that is an intrusion or interruption. |
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| Examples | "he looked around for the source of the disturbance"; "there was a disturbance of neural function" |
| Synonyms | perturbation |
| Broader | activity |
| Narrower | fuss, trouble, bother, hassle; magnetic storm |
| Meaning | An unhappy and worried mental state. |
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| Examples | "there was too much anger and disturbance" |
| Synonyms | perturbation, upset |
| Broader | agitation |
| Verbs | disturb |
| Meaning | A disorderly outburst or tumult. |
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| Examples | "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" |
| Synonyms | disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle |
| Broader | disorder |
| Narrower | convulsion, turmoil, upheaval; earthquake; incident; stir, splash; storm, tempest; storm center, storm centre; tumult, tumultuousness, uproar, garboil |
| Meaning | A noisy fight. |
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| Synonyms | affray, fray, ruffle |
| Broader | fight, fighting, combat, scrap |
| Meaning | The act of disturbing something or someone. Setting something in motion. |
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| Broader | motion, movement, move, motility |
| Narrower | circus, carnival; disorganization, disorganisation; disruption, perturbation; commotion, din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult; furor, furore; havoc, mayhem; melee, scrimmage, battle royal; agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloo; outburst, tumultuous disturbance; rampage, violent disorder; upset, derangement, overthrow |
| Verbs | disturb |
| Meaning | (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion. A more neutral term than mental illness. |
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| Synonyms | mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder, folie |
| Category | psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine |
| Broader | disorder, upset |
| Narrower | anxiety disorder; psychosomatic disorder; aberration; conversion disorder, conversion reaction, conversion hysteria; delirium; delusional disorder; encopresis; folie a deux; personality disorder; affective disorder, major affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance; schizothymia; neurosis, neuroticism, psychoneurosis; dissociative disorder |
| Meaning | Electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication. |
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| Synonyms | noise, interference |
| Broader | trouble |
| Narrower | clutter; background, background signal; crosstalk, XT; fadeout; jitter; static, atmospherics, atmospheric static |
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