disturbance - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion

Synonyms

• disturbance

More generic

• motility
• motion
• move
• movement

More specific

• agitation
• battle royal
• carnival
• circus
• commotion
• derangement
• din
• disorganisation
• disorganization
• disruption
• excitement
• furor
• furore
• havoc
• hullabaloo
• mayhem
• melee
• outburst
• overthrow
• perturbation
• rampage
• ruckus
• ruction
• rumpus
• scrimmage
• tumult
• tumultuous disturbance
• turmoil
• upheaval
• upset
• violent disorder

Noun

a noisy fight

Synonyms

• affray
• disturbance
• fray
• ruffle

More generic

• combat
• fight
• fighting
• scrap

Noun

activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption

Synonyms

• disturbance
• perturbation

More generic

• activity

More specific

• bother
• fuss
• hassle
• magnetic storm
• trouble

Noun

electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

Synonyms

• disturbance
• interference
• noise

More generic

• trouble

More specific

• XT
• atmospheric static
• atmospherics
• background
• background signal
• clutter
• crosstalk
• fadeout
• jitter
• static
• white noise

Noun

a disorderly outburst or tumult

Synonyms

• commotion
• disruption
• disturbance
• flutter
• hoo-ha
• hoo-hah
• hurly burly
• kerfuffle
• to-do

More generic

• disorder

More specific

• convulsion
• earthquake
• garboil
• incident
• splash
• stir
• storm
• storm center
• storm centre
• tempest
• tumult
• tumultuousness
• turmoil
• upheaval
• uproar

Noun

(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

Synonyms

• disturbance
• folie
• mental disorder
• mental disturbance
• psychological disorder

More generic

• disorder
• upset

More specific

• Asperger's syndrome
• aberration
• affective disorder
• anxiety disorder
• conversion disorder
• conversion hysteria
• conversion reaction
• delirium
• delusional disorder
• dissociative disorder
• emotional disorder
• emotional disturbance
• encopresis
• folie a deux
• major affective disorder
• neurosis
• neuroticism
• personality disorder
• psychoneurosis
• psychosomatic disorder
• schizothymia

Noun

an unhappy and worried mental state

Synonyms

• disturbance
• perturbation
• upset

More generic

• agitation

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