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disturbance - definition and meaning
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Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of disturbing.
- noun The condition of being disturbed.
- noun Something that disturbs, as a commotion, scuffle, or public tumult.
- noun Mental or emotional unbalance or disorder.
- noun A variation in normal wind conditions.
- noun Geology Folding or faulting that affects a relatively large area.
- noun Physics An alteration or displacement of a region of a medium from its equilibrium state.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In astronomy, same as
perturbation ; the deviation of a body from the elliptical orbit it would otherwise pursue, caused by the attraction of bodies other than the primary. - noun Interruption of arrangement or order; violent change; derangement: as, a disturbance of the electric current.
- noun An interruption of thought or conversation; as, to read without disturbance.
- noun A violent interruption of the peace; a violent stir or excitement tending to or manifested in a breach of the peace; a tumult; an uproar; in a more extended sense, public disorder; agitation in the body politic.
- noun Emotion or disorder of the mind; agitation; perturbation; confusion: as, the merchant received the news of his losses without apparent disturbance.
- noun In law, the wrongful obstruction of the owner of an incorporeal hereditament in its exercise or enjoyment: as, the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, or of tenure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder
- noun Confusion of the mind; agitation of the feelings; perplexity; uneasiness.
- noun Violent agitation in the body politic; public commotion; tumult.
- noun (Law) The hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
disturbing , beingdisturbed - noun Something that
disturbs - noun An
interruption of that which isnormal orregular . - noun psychology A serious
mental imbalance orillness .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
- noun activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
- noun a disorderly outburst or tumult
- noun the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion
- noun an unhappy and worried mental state
- noun a noisy fight
- noun electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
Etymologies
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Middle English
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Examples
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A great deal of that which we call disturbance -- a great deal of the upset in what have seemed to be established institutions -- is really but the surface indication of something approaching a regeneration.
My Life and Work Henry Ford 1905
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If the disturbance is greater than 0.25 acres of wetlands or the bridge requires a span greater than 100 feet, an Individual Permit is required.
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If the disturbance is greater than 0.25 acres of wetlands or the bridge requires a span greater than 100 feet, an Individual Permit is required.
Beachwood Borough Master Plan, Part IV « Beachwood Historical Alliance 2009
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In accordance with N.J.A.C. 7: 7E et sq., up to one acre of disturbance is permitted under the various Statewide General Permits.
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In accordance with N.J.A.C. 7: 7E et sq., up to one acre of disturbance is permitted under the various Statewide General Permits.
Beachwood Borough Master Plan, Part IV « Beachwood Historical Alliance 2009
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I mean, play on the paintball fields where the disturbance is contained ... not in where hunters are.
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This for me was a unique experience, as my ability to sleep through any kind of noisy disturbance is legendary.
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In accordance with N.J.A.C. 7: 7E et sq., up to one acre of disturbance is permitted under the various Statewide General Permits.
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I mean, play on the paintball fields where the disturbance is contained ... not in where hunters are.
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Tropical Update: What's left of Danny rained on New England while the latest disturbance is still off the Antilles.
Short Takes 2009
Related Words
synonyms (249)
Words with the same meaning
- abashment
- ado
- affray
- agitation
- all-overs
- angst
- annoyance
- anxiety
- anxiety hysteria
- anxiety neurosis
- anxious bench
- anxious concern
- anxious seat
- anxiousness
- apprehension
- apprehensiveness
- baffle
- bafflement
- befuddlement
- bewilderment
- bluster
- bobbery
- boil
- boiling
- bother
- botheration
- brawl
- broil
- brouhaha
- bustle
- cacophony
- cankerworm of care
- care
- chagrin
- chaos
- churn
- cloud
- commotion
- concern
- concernment
- confoundment
- confusion
- conturbation
- convulsion
- daze
- derangement
- dilemma
- disarrangement
- disarray
- disarticulation
- discombobulation
- discomfiture
- discomposure
- disconcert
- disconcertedness
- disconcertion
- disconcertment
- discountenance
- disharmony
- dishevelment
- disintegration
- disjunction
- dislocation
- disorder
- disorderliness
- disorganization
- disorientation
- disproportion
- disquiet
- disquietude
- disruption
- distress
- donnybrook
- donnybrook fair
- dread
- dustup
- ebullience
- ebullition
- eddy
- effervescence
- embarrassment
- embroilment
- enigma
- entropy
- excitement
- fanaticism
- fear
- feery-fary
- ferment
- fermentation
- fever
- feverishness
- fidgets
- fix
- flap
- flummox
- flurry
- fluster
- flutter
- flutteration
- fog
- foment
- fomentation
- foofaraw
- foreboding
- forebodingness
- fracas
- fray
- free-for-all
- frenzy
- fuddle
- fuddlement
- fume
- furor
- furore
- fury
- fuss
- haphazardness
- hassle
- haze
- helter-skelter
- hubbub
- hullabaloo
- hurly-burly
- hurry
- hurry-scurry
- incoherence
- indiscriminateness
- inharmonious harmony
- inquietude
- insanity
- interference
- interruption
- intrusion
- irregularity
- jam
- jitters
- jumble
- jumpiness
- maelstrom
- malaise
- maze
- melee
- mess
- misarrangement
- misgiving
- mist
- moil
- molestation
- mortification
- most admired disorder
- moving
- muddle
- muddlement
- mystery
- nerviness
- nervosity
- nervous strain
- nervous tension
- nervousness
- nonplus
- nonsymmetry
- nonuniformity
- outburst
- overanxiety
- pandemonium
- passion
- pell-mell
- perplexity
- perturbation
- pickle
- pins and needles
- plight
- pother
- predicament
- problem
- promiscuity
- promiscuousness
- pucker
- puzzle
- puzzlement
- quandary
- racket
- rage
- rampage
- randomness
- removal
- restlessness
- riddle
- riot
- roil
- rough-and-tumble
- roughhouse
- rout
- row
- ruckus
- ruction
- ruffle
- rumpus
- scramble
- scrape
- seethe
- seething
- shindy
- shuffle
- shuffling
- solicitude
- stew
- stir
- storminess
- strain
- suspense
- sweat
- swirl
- swirling
- swivet
- tempestuousness
- tension
- tizzy
- to-do
- trepidation
- trepidity
- trouble
- tumult
- tumultuation
- tumultuousness
- turbidity
- turbulence
- turmoil
- unassuredness
- unease
- uneasiness
- unquietness
- unrest
- unsettlement
- unsymmetry
- ununiformity
- upheaval
- uproar
- upset
- vexation
- violence
- vortex
- whirl
- wildness
- yeastiness
- zeal
- zealousness
oroboros commented on the word disturbance
disTuRbANCE
May 13, 2008