disturbance
1. activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption (Freq. 4)
- the term 'distress' connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset
- he looked around for the source of the disturbance
- there was a disturbance of neural function
• Syn:
perturbation
• Hypernyms:
activity
• Hyponyms:
fuss, trouble, bother, hassle, magnetic storm
2. an unhappy and worried mental state (Freq. 2)
- there was too much anger and disturbance
- she didn't realize the upset she caused me
• Syn:
perturbation, upset
• Derivationally related forms:
upset (for: upset), perturb (for: perturbation), disturb
• Hypernyms:
agitation
3. a noisy fight (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
affray, fray, ruffle
• Hypernyms:
fight, fighting, combat, scrap
4. a disorderly outburst or tumult (Freq. 1)
- they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused
• Syn:
disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to-do,
hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle
• Hypernyms:
disorder
• Hyponyms:
convulsion, turmoil, upheaval, earthquake, incident,
stir, splash, storm, tempest, storm center, storm centre,
tumult, tumultuousness, uproar, garboil
5. the act of disturbing something or someone;
setting something in motion (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms:
disturb
• Hypernyms:
motion, movement, move, motility
• Hyponyms:
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
6. (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion;
a more neutral term than mental illness
• Syn:
mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder, folie
• Topics:
psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine
• Hypernyms:
disorder, upset
• Hyponyms:
Asperger's syndrome, 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
7. electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
• Syn:
noise, interference
• Hypernyms:
trouble
• Hyponyms:
clutter, background, background signal, crosstalk, XT,
fadeout, jitter, static, atmospherics, atmospheric static, white noise
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