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Synonyms for disturbance
dɪˈstɜr bənsdis·tur·bance

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  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.

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  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

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. pothernoun

    commotion, confusion, tumult

    Submitted by JokerGem on July 29, 2023  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. disturbancenoun

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

  2. disturbancenoun

    Synonyms:
    perturbation, molestation, annoyance, discomposure

  3. disturbancenoun

    Synonyms:
    interruption, hinderance

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  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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How to use disturbance in a sentence?

  1. The NHC:

    Some slow development of this disturbance is possible during the next few days while it meanders near the coast of Mexico, a tropical depression could form late in the week when the system begins to move slowly northward.

  2. Jemina Stuart-Smith:

    Low dispersal capability, small population size, and relatively low reproductive output make them susceptible to environmental disturbance.

  3. Logan County:

    Minor in possession was the only charge we had on this deal because he wasn't carrying the weapons. He wasn't using the weapons. He wasn't driving. He wasn't causing a disturbance. So, he couldn't have been arrested for public intoxication, and when you watch the bodycam footage, when I watched it, he's not drunk, you know, like we think of a drunk stumbling, can't walk, has to hang on to stuff. He appears he may be under the influence, but I don't think he's drunk.

  4. 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.

  5. Bryan Riley:

    What makes it so gut-wrenching is that these innocent people died and they were randomly picked out. This wasn’t a fight that went bad, this wasn’t a disturbance that escalated, when you see a 3-month-old, little, beautiful baby boy deceased in the arms of his mother, where she’s trying to protect him, and she’s murdered, he’s murdered, and his daddy’s murdered — that’s pretty rough.


Translations for disturbance

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  • إزعاجArabic
  • смущение, смут, бъротия, безредиеBulgarian
  • জ্বালাতনBengali
  • narušení, vyrušení, rušení, výtržník, [[duševní]] [[porucha]]Czech
  • forstyrrelseDanish
  • Geistesstörung, Störenfried, StörungGerman
  • perturboEsperanto
  • estorbo, perturbación, disturbio, trastornoSpanish
  • perturbationFrench
  • aimhreit, atharrachadhScottish Gaelic
  • הפרעהHebrew
  • disturboItalian
  • 混乱, 動乱, 動揺Japanese
  • ئاژاوه‌Kurdish
  • ngaungau, ngangau, heihei, rarī, āheiheiMāori
  • forstyrrelseNorwegian
  • storing, verstoringDutch
  • estorvo, transtorno, distúrbio, perturbaçãoPortuguese
  • deranj, deranjare, deranjament, încomodare, tulburare, perturbație, perturbareRomanian
  • волнение, нарушительница, нарушение, расстройство, беспорядок, нарушительRussian
  • avbrott, störning, rubbningSwedish
  • utunduSwahili
  • 骚乱Chinese

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