disturbance
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(noun) the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion |
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Related Words: agitation, battle royal, carnival, circus, commotion, derangement, din, disruption, excitement, furor, furore, havoc, hullabaloo, mayhem, melee, motion, move, movement, outburst, overthrow, perturbation, rampage, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, scrimmage, tumult, tumultuous disturbance, turmoil, upheaval, upset, violent disorder |
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(noun) a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" |
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Synonyms: commotion, disruption, hurly burly, stir, to-do, turmoil |
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Related Words: disorder, garboil, incident, storm, storm center, storm centre, tempest, tumult, tumultuousness, uproar |
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(noun) an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me" |
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Synonyms: perturbation, upset |
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Related Words: agitation |
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(noun) a noisy fight |
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Synonyms: affray, fray, ruffle |
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Related Words: combat, fight, fighting |
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(noun) activity that is an intrusion or interruption; "he looked around for the source of the disturbance"; "there was a disturbance of neural function" |
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Synonyms: perturbation |
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Related Words: activity, bother, fuss, hassle, magnetic storm, trouble |
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(noun) electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication |
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Synonyms: interference, noise |
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Related Words: XT, atmospheric static, atmospherics, background, background signal, crosstalk, fadeout, static, trouble |
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(noun) (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness |
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Synonyms: mental disorder, mental disturbance |
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Related Words: aberration, affective disorder, anxiety disorder, conversion disorder, conversion hysteria, conversion reaction, delirium, delusional disorder, disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder, multiple personality, neurosis, neuroticism, personality disorder, psychoneurosis, psychosomatic disorder, schizothymia, split personality, upset |
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