Synonyms for disturbance
dɪˈstɜr bənsdis·tur·bance

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1. disturbance

   Anxiety is, according to its derivation, a choking disquiet, akin to anguish; anxiety is mental; anguish may be mental or physical; anguish is in regard to the known, anxiety in regard to the unknown; anguish is because of what has happened, anxiety because of what may happen. Anxiety refers to some future event, always suggesting hopeful possibility, and thus differing from apprehension, fear, dread, foreboding, terror, all of which may be quite despairing. In matters within our reach, anxiety always stirs the question whether something can not be done, and is thus a valuable spur to doing; in this respect it is allied to care. Foreboding, dread, etc., commonly incapacitate for all helpful thought or endeavor. Worry is a more petty, restless, and manifest anxiety; anxiety may be quiet and silent; worry is communicated to all around. Solicitude is a milder anxiety. Fretting or fretfulness is a weak complaining without thought of accomplishing or changing anything, but merely as a relief to one's own disquiet. Perplexity often involves anxiety, but may be quite free from it. A student may be perplexed regarding a translation, yet, if he has time enough, not at all anxious regarding it.

   Synonyms:
   anguish, anxiety, apprehension, care, concern, disquiet, dread, fear, foreboding, fretfulness, fretting, misgiving, perplexity, solicitude, trouble, worry

   Antonyms:
   apathy, assurance, calmness, carelessness, confidence, ease, light-heartedness, nonchalance, satisfaction, tranquillity

   Preposition:
   Anxiety for a friend's return; anxiety about, in regard to, or concerning the future.

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1. perturbation, disturbancenoun

   activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption

   "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"

   Synonyms:
   commotion, mental disturbance, hurly burly, mental disorder, folie, upset, flutter, to-do, psychological disorder, perturbation, kerfuffle, hoo-ha, disruption, fluster, interference, ruffle, fray, noise, affray, hoo-hah

2. disturbance, perturbation, upsetnoun

   an unhappy and worried mental state

   "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me"

   Synonyms:
   commotion, mental disturbance, hurly burly, disorder, mental disorder, folie, upset, overturn, flutter, to-do, psychological disorder, perturbation, kerfuffle, turnover, hoo-ha, disruption, fluster, interference, ruffle, fray, noise, derangement, overthrow, affray, swage, hoo-hah

3. disturbance, disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfufflenoun

   a disorderly outburst or tumult

   "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"

   Synonyms:
   gap, flapping, flicker, ruction, commotion, folie, interruption, rumpus, mental disorder, whirl, din, flutter, hoo-hah, mental disturbance, hurly burly, flap, dislocation, ruffle, break, waver, disruption, affray, fluttering, perturbation, upset, noise, tumult, ruckus, kerfuffle, hoo-ha, to-do, psychological disorder, interference, fray

4. affray, disturbance, fray, rufflenoun

   a noisy fight

   Synonyms:
   commotion, mental disturbance, hurly burly, mental disorder, interference, ruff, folie, upset, flounce, flutter, choker, to-do, psychological disorder, perturbation, furbelow, kerfuffle, fracas, frill, hoo-ha, disruption, altercation, ruffle, fray, noise, neck ruff, affray, hoo-hah

5. disturbancenoun

   the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion

   Synonyms:
   commotion, mental disturbance, hurly burly, mental disorder, folie, upset, flutter, to-do, psychological disorder, perturbation, kerfuffle, hoo-ha, disruption, interference, ruffle, fray, noise, affray, hoo-hah

6. mental disorder, mental disturbance, disturbance, psychological disorder, folienoun

   (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

   Synonyms:
   commotion, mental disturbance, hurly burly, mental disorder, folie, upset, flutter, to-do, psychological disorder, perturbation, kerfuffle, hoo-ha, disruption, interference, ruffle, fray, noise, affray, hoo-hah

7. noise, interference, disturbancenoun

   electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

   Synonyms:
   commotion, mental disturbance, hurly burly, mental disorder, interference, preventive, upset, stochasticity, folie, hitch, hoo-ha, intervention, psychological disorder, disruption, dissonance, flutter, racket, fray, kerfuffle, preventative, hoo-hah, incumbrance, encumbrance, noise, hinderance, hindrance, ruffle, to-do, haphazardness, randomness, affray, perturbation

Matched Categories

1. • Activity
   • Agitation
   • Disorder
   • Fight
   • Motion
   • Psychiatry
   • Trouble

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1. pothernoun

   commotion, confusion, tumult

   Submitted by JokerGem on July 29, 2023  

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1. disturbancenoun

   Synonyms:
   agitation, derangement, commotion, disorder, confusion, tumult, breeze, disquiet

2. disturbancenoun

   Synonyms:
   perturbation, molestation, annoyance, discomposure

3. disturbancenoun

   Synonyms:
   interruption, hinderance

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1. disturbancenoun

   Synonyms:
   molestation, derangement, disquiet, disorder, perturbation, inquietude, agitation, uneasiness, commotion, turmoil, tumult, uproar, riot, clamor

   Associated words:
   perturbable, imperturbable, perturbability, imperturbability, imperturbation

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1. List of paraphrases for "disturbance":

   disruption, perturbation, disturbances, disruptions, nuisance, disorder, unrest, turmoil, disorders, dislocation, alteration, turbulence, inconvenience, disrupt, harassment, interference, riot

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1. John Foster:

   For shocks traveling toward our planet, Earth’s magnetic field would take the direct hit such that most of the resulting disturbance would be confined to Earth’s outer magnetic field – our magnetosphere – with the ‘ noticeable ’ effects being those associated with a large geomagnetic storm – bright aurora, communications disturbances, scattered electrical power outages.

2. Bill Haneberg:

   It's likely we would have had extremely severe flooding even if there had never been a coal mine in Eastern Kentucky, the question that we don't know the answer to is : How much might this amount of disturbance have increased the severity of the current floods ?

3. Imam Ali-Ibn-Abi-Talib, Nahjul-Balgha (Peak of Eloquence), saying no1:

   1. During civil disturbance adopt such an attitude that people do not attach any importance to you - they neither burden you with complicated affairs, nor try to derive any advantage out of you.

4. Eric Day:

   Communities and farms with large numbers of cicadas emerging at once may have a substantial noise issue, hopefully, any annoyance at the disturbance is tempered by just how infrequent -- and amazing -- this event is.

5. Ed Gonzalez.A:

   It is unclear how the deceased and wounded individuals are related to the shooting and fight disturbance.