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Disturbance   /dɪstˈərbəns/   Listen
Disturbance

noun
1.
Activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption.  Synonym: perturbation.  "He looked around for the source of the disturbance" , "There was a disturbance of neural function"
2.
An unhappy and worried mental state.  Synonyms: perturbation, upset.  "She didn't realize the upset she caused me"
3.
A disorderly outburst or tumult.  Synonyms: commotion, disruption, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do.
4.
A noisy fight.  Synonyms: affray, fray, ruffle.
5.
The act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion.
6.
(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness.  Synonyms: folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder.
7.
Electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication.  Synonyms: interference, noise.



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"Disturbance" Quotes from Famous Books



... sky all sail, prepared, it seemed to him, to enjoy the most delicious you-and-I on salt water that a sailor could dream of; and placidly envying, devoid of jealousy, there was just enough of fancy quickened in Lieutenant Wilmore to give him pictures of them without disturbance of his feelings—one of the conditions of the singular visitation we call happiness, if he could ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... permitted. His frankness pleased the Emperor, and he endeavored to obtain from him some positive information on the state of the public mind at Moscow; and ascertained from his revelations, more or less intelligent, that there was much disturbance in ...
— The Private Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete • Constant

... archbishop, and the soldiers were compelled to withdraw. Meanwhile news of what had been going on reached the populace, a crowd gathered, and popular feeling ran so high that the discomfited emissaries of the law reached their quarters with difficulty. This disturbance made the government more determined than ever to bring the affair to an issue. Negotiations were renewed with the Dominicans, who were now anxious to deliver up their guest, but his suspicions were aroused, and his capture had become no easy matter. ...
— Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton • Anonymous

... its way into his journal. It seems as strange that perverseness should be mistaken for piety, as that "permanence" should be mistaken for "dum squizzle," but I believe it often is. Let some little cause of disturbance arise, and become active in a church, and it is astonishing how both parties go to work and pray over it. The pastor, perhaps, has said something on the subject of slavery, or he does not preach doctrine enough, or he preaches the wrong sort of doctrine, or he does not visit his people enough, ...
— Lessons in Life - A Series of Familiar Essays • Timothy Titcomb

... in the streets may be seen to do with their hats on a windy day, and then giving the roll a smart rap in his anxiety to catch it, knocked it with great adroitness into a tureen of white soup at some distance, to the unspeakable terror and disturbance of a very amiable bald gentleman, who was dispensing the contents. We thought the bashful young gentleman would have gone off in an apoplectic fit, consequent upon the violent rush of blood to his face at the occurrence ...
— Sketches by Boz - illustrative of everyday life and every-day people • Charles Dickens


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