| 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" |
| fuss | | |
| n. (state) | 1. dither, flap, fuss, pother, tizzy | an excited state of agitation.; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft" |
| ~ agitation | a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance. |
| 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. (communication) | 3. bicker, bickering, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiff | a quarrel about petty points. |
| ~ dustup, quarrel, run-in, wrangle, row, words | an angry dispute.; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words" |
| n. (act) | 4. ado, bustle, flurry, fuss, hustle, stir | a rapid active commotion. |
| ~ ruckus, ruction, rumpus, commotion, din, tumult | the act of making a noisy disturbance. |
| v. (emotion) | 5. fret, fuss, niggle | worry unnecessarily or excessively.; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now" |
| ~ worry | be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy.; "I worry about my job" |
| ~ scruple | raise scruples.; "He lied and did not even scruple about it" |
| ~ dither, pother, flap | make a fuss; be agitated. |
| v. (social) | 6. fuss, mother, overprotect | care for like a mother.; "She fusses over her husband" |
| ~ give care, care | provide care for.; "The nurse was caring for the wounded" |
| annoy | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex | cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations.; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" |
| ~ get under one's skin, get | irritate.; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me" |
| ~ eat into, rankle, grate, fret | gnaw into; make resentful or angry.; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered" |
| ~ chafe | feel extreme irritation or anger.; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation" |
| ~ peeve | cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful. |
| ~ ruffle | trouble or vex.; "ruffle somebody's composure" |
| ~ fret | cause annoyance in. |
| ~ beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke | annoy continually or chronically.; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" |
| ~ antagonize, antagonise | provoke the hostility of.; "Don't antagonize your boss" |
| ~ displease | give displeasure to. |
| bother | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. annoyance, bother, botheration, infliction, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck | something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness.; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction" |
| ~ negative stimulus | a stimulus with undesirable consequences. |
| ~ nuisance | (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive. |
| ~ irritant, thorn | something that causes irritation and annoyance.; "he's a thorn in my flesh" |
| ~ plague | an annoyance.; "those children are a damn plague" |
| v. (social) | 2. 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. (social) | 3. 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. (motion) | 4. bother | intrude or enter uninvited.; "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers" |
| ~ intrude, irrupt | enter uninvited.; "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room" |
| v. (emotion) | 5. bother | make nervous or agitated.; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ bother | make confused or perplexed or puzzled. |
| v. (emotion) | 6. bother | make confused or perplexed or puzzled. |
| ~ disconcert, flurry, confuse, put off | cause to feel embarrassment.; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" |
| ~ bother | make nervous or agitated.; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster" |
| distract | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. deflect, distract | draw someone's attention away from something.; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors" |
| ~ disconcert, flurry, confuse, put off | cause to feel embarrassment.; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" |
| v. (emotion) | 2. 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" |
| harass | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke | annoy continually or chronically.; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" |
| ~ needle, goad | goad or provoke,as by constant criticism.; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks" |
| ~ annoy, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, rile, vex, bother, nettle, rag, chafe, get at, get to | cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations.; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" |
| ~ bedevil, dun, rag, crucify, frustrate, torment | treat cruelly.; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" |
| ~ haze | harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions. |
| v. (competition) | 2. harass | exhaust by attacking repeatedly.; "harass the enemy" |
| ~ aggress, attack | take the initiative and go on the offensive.; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack" |
| perturb | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. perturb | disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom.; "The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion" |
| ~ deviate | cause to turn away from a previous or expected course.; "The river was deviated to prevent flooding" |
| ~ perturb | cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull.; "The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet" |
| v. (motion) | 2. perturb | cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull.; "The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet" |
| ~ deviate | cause to turn away from a previous or expected course.; "The river was deviated to prevent flooding" |
| ~ perturb | disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom.; "The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion" |
| v. (change) | 3. derange, perturb, throw out of kilter | throw into great confusion or disorder.; "Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt" |
| ~ disarray, disorder | bring disorder to. |
| pester | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. badger, beleaguer, bug, pester, tease | annoy persistently.; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" |
| ~ bedevil, dun, rag, crucify, frustrate, torment | treat cruelly.; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" |
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