Synonyms for disturbance
dɪˈstɜr bəns

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. perturbation, disturbance(noun)

   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, upset(noun)

   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, kerfuffle(noun)

   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, ruffle(noun)

   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. disturbance(noun)

   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, folie(noun)

   (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, disturbance(noun)

   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

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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.

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. disturbance(n.)

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

2. disturbance(n.)

   Synonyms:
   perturbation, molestation, annoyance, discomposure

3. disturbance(n.)

   Synonyms:
   interruption, hinderance

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. disturbance(n)

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

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

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

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1. Jan Kleyna:

   Gault is the best smoking-gun example of a fast rotator right at the 2-hour limit, it could have been on the brink of instability for 10 million years. Even a tiny disturbance, like a small impact from a pebble, might have triggered the recent outbursts.

2. Amit Ray:

   There are two types of empathy: the positive empathy and the negative empathy. When we are fully carried away by the unaware activities of the mirror neurons, we are under the trap of negative empathy. The negative empathy generates attachments. Out of these attachments suffering follows. Negative empathy is a kind of reaction to a situation, whereas positive empathy is internal response of peace love and tranquility.... In positive empathy, your deep tranquility, joy and peace activates the mirror neurons of the others, whereas in negative empathy your mirror neurons are activated by the disturbance of others. Meditation especially loving kindness meditation increases the positive empathy.

3. Claudio Semini:

   If we have a moving mass in front, that creates also a disturbance in the legs. So what we're developing is algorithms that can take into account that external disturbance from the payload or from the arm. And then servo the legs, control the legs in a way to compensate for these disturbances. And we've managed to do this very well; there's an example where we moved the arm left and right relatively fast, and if we don't use the smart controller the robot moves a lot. But if we turn on the smart controller, the torque and forces in the cylinders and joints are optimized so that the robot is relatively firm and rejects all these external disturbances.

4. John Schumaker:

   Without cultural sanction, most or all our religious beliefs and rituals would fall into the domain of mental disturbance.

5. Sheikh Mohammed:

   There is no serious military threat out of this, but the way it is being used to justify or to create a disturbance in the region is just unacceptable, there is no legitimate grievance behind this letter and threatening Qatar.

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