| disturbance | | |
| n. (event) | 1. disturbance, perturbation | 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" |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| ~ bother, hassle, fuss, trouble | an angry disturbance.; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" |
| ~ magnetic storm | a sudden disturbance of the earth's magnetic field; caused by emission of particles from the sun. |
| n. (state) | 2. disturbance, perturbation, upset | an unhappy and worried mental state.; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me" |
| ~ agitation | a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance. |
| n. (state) | 3. commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do | a disorderly outburst or tumult.; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" |
| ~ disorder | a disturbance of the peace or of public order. |
| ~ turmoil, upheaval, convulsion | a violent disturbance.; "the convulsions of the stock market" |
| ~ earthquake | a disturbance that is extremely disruptive.; "selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees" |
| ~ incident | a public disturbance.; "the police investigated an incident at the bus station" |
| ~ stir, splash | a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event.; "he made a great splash and then disappeared" |
| ~ tempest, storm | a violent commotion or disturbance.; "the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away"; "it was only a tempest in a teapot" |
| ~ storm center, storm centre | a center of trouble or disturbance. |
| ~ garboil, tumult, tumultuousness, uproar | a state of commotion and noise and confusion. |
| n. (act) | 4. affray, disturbance, fray, ruffle | a noisy fight. |
| ~ fighting, combat, fight, scrap | the act of fighting; any contest or struggle.; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" |
| n. (act) | 5. disturbance | the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion. |
| ~ movement, motility, motion, move | a change of position that does not entail a change of location.; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" |
| ~ carnival, circus | a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment.; "it was so funny it was a circus"; "the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere" |
| ~ disorganisation, disorganization | the disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion.; "the disorganization of the enemy troops by a flank attack" |
| ~ disruption, perturbation | the act of causing disorder. |
| ~ ruckus, ruction, rumpus, commotion, din, tumult | the act of making a noisy disturbance. |
| ~ furor, furore | a sudden outburst (as of protest). |
| ~ havoc, mayhem | violent and needless disturbance. |
| ~ battle royal, melee, scrimmage | a noisy riotous fight. |
| ~ hullabaloo, turmoil, agitation, excitement, upheaval | disturbance usually in protest. |
| ~ tumultuous disturbance, outburst | a sudden violent disturbance. |
| ~ rampage, violent disorder | violently angry and destructive behavior. |
| ~ derangement, overthrow, upset | the act of disturbing the mind or body.; "his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset"; "she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living" |
| n. (state) | 6. disturbance, folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder | (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness. |
| ~ psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology | the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. |
| ~ disorder, upset | a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning.; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time" |
| ~ asperger's syndrome | a psychiatric disorder usually noted during early school years; characterized by impaired social relations and by repetitive patterns of behavior. |
| ~ anxiety disorder | a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom. |
| ~ psychosomatic disorder | a mental disorder that causes somatic symptoms. |
| ~ aberration | a disorder in one's mental state. |
| ~ conversion disorder, conversion hysteria, conversion reaction | a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause). |
| ~ delirium | a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations. |
| ~ delusional disorder | any mental disorder in which delusions play a significant role. |
| ~ encopresis | involuntary defecation not attributable to physical defects or illness. |
| ~ folie a deux | the simultaneous occurrence of symptoms of a mental disorder (as delusions) in two persons who are closely related (as siblings or man and wife). |
| ~ personality disorder | inflexible and maladaptive patterns of behavior. |
| ~ affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder | any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant. |
| ~ schizothymia | resembling schizophrenia but remaining within the bounds of normality. |
| ~ neurosis, neuroticism, psychoneurosis | a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction. |
| ~ dissociative disorder | dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down. |
| n. (event) | 7. disturbance, interference, noise | electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication. |
| ~ clutter | unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen. |
| ~ trouble | an event causing distress or pain.; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble" |
| ~ background signal, background | extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured.; "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals" |
| ~ crosstalk, xt | the presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling. |
| ~ fadeout | a gradual temporary loss of a transmitted signal due to electrical disturbances. |
| ~ jitter | small rapid variations in a waveform resulting from fluctuations in the voltage supply or mechanical vibrations or other sources. |
| ~ atmospheric static, atmospherics, static | a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference. |
| ~ white noise | a noise produced by a stimulus containing all of the audible frequencies of vibration.; "white noise is a good masking agent" |
| trouble | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. problem, trouble | a source of difficulty.; "one trouble after another delayed the job"; "what's the problem?" |
| ~ difficulty | a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result.; "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent" |
| ~ pressure point | where problems or difficulties are likely to occur.; "a key pressure point in the controversy was the building permit" |
| ~ can of worms | a source of unpredictable trouble and complexity. |
| ~ deep water | serious trouble. |
| ~ growing pains | problems that arise in enlarging an enterprise (especially in the early stages). |
| ~ hydra | trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality.; "we may be facing a hydra that defies any easy solution" |
| ~ matter | a problem.; "is anything the matter?" |
| n. (event) | 2. bother, fuss, hassle, trouble | an angry disturbance.; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" |
| ~ disturbance, perturbation | 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" |
| n. (event) | 3. trouble | an event causing distress or pain.; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble" |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| ~ misfortune, bad luck | unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event. |
| ~ affliction | a cause of great suffering and distress. |
| ~ convulsion | a physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval. |
| ~ embarrassment | some event that causes someone to be embarrassed.; "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals" |
| ~ blaze, hell | a cause of difficulty and suffering.; "war is hell"; "go to blazes" |
| ~ onslaught | a sudden and severe onset of trouble. |
| ~ scandal, outrage | a disgraceful event. |
| ~ interference, noise, disturbance | electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication. |
| n. (act) | 4. difficulty, trouble | an effort that is inconvenient.; "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty" |
| ~ elbow grease, exertion, effort, travail, sweat | use of physical or mental energy; hard work.; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion" |
| ~ the devil | something difficult or awkward to do or deal with.; "it will be the devil to solve" |
| ~ tsuris | (Yiddish) aggravating trouble.; "the frustrating tsuris he subjected himself to" |
| n. (feeling) | 5. trouble, worry | a strong feeling of anxiety.; "his worry over the prospect of being fired"; "it is not work but worry that kills"; "he wanted to die and end his troubles" |
| ~ anxiety | a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune. |
| n. (state) | 6. trouble | an unwanted pregnancy.; "he got several girls in trouble" |
| ~ maternity, pregnancy, gestation | the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus. |
| v. (emotion) | 7. disturb, trouble, upset | move deeply.; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" |
| ~ charge up, commove, agitate, rouse, excite, turn on, charge | cause to be agitated, excited, or roused.; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" |
| ~ jolt | disturb (someone's) composure.; "The audience was jolted by the play" |
| ~ cark, disorder, disquiet, perturb, unhinge, distract, trouble | disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed.; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" |
| ~ impress, strike, affect, move | have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" |
| ~ distress | cause mental pain to.; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother" |
| v. (social) | 8. bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble | to cause inconvenience or discomfort to.; "Sorry to trouble you, but..." |
| ~ affect, bear upon, bear on, impact, touch on, touch | have an effect upon.; "Will the new rules affect me?" |
| ~ distress, straiten | bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship. |
| v. (emotion) | 9. cark, disorder, disquiet, distract, perturb, trouble, unhinge | disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed.; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" |
| ~ vex, worry | disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.; "I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me" |
| ~ disturb, trouble, upset | move deeply.; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" |
| v. (social) | 10. bother, inconvenience oneself, trouble, trouble oneself | take the trouble to do something; concern oneself.; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please" |
| ~ strain, strive, reach | to exert much effort or energy.; "straining our ears to hear" |
| v. (body) | 11. ail, pain, trouble | cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed. |
| ~ hurt | give trouble or pain to.; "This exercise will hurt your back" |
| ~ recrudesce, break out, erupt | become raw or open.; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce" |
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