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Disturbance

noun

Activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption. Synonym: perturbation. "He looked around for the source of the disturbance" , "There was a disturbance of neural function"

An unhappy and worried mental state. Synonyms: perturbation, upset. "She didn't realize the upset she caused me"

A disorderly outburst or tumult. Synonyms: commotion, disruption, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do.

A noisy fight. Synonyms: affray, fray, ruffle.

The act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion.

(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness. Synonyms: folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder.

Electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication. Synonyms: interference, noise.

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"Disturbance" Quotes from Famous Books

... how we intend to locate our invisible pirate. Of course we will depend on directional radio disturbance locating devices to determine the direction for the invisibility disrupter ray. But you are probably marvelling at the greatness of the genius who can design and construct this apparatus all in one day. I will explain the miracle. ...

— The Black Star Passes • John W Campbell

... it; and if the arm, the same precaution should be adopted. Sometimes a stout sheet is passed under the patient, and by several people holding the sides, thy patient is lifted without any fatigue or much disturbance. ...

— Enquire Within Upon Everything - The Great Victorian Domestic Standby • Anonymous

... a heavy-caliber weapon, and the explosion blew out the lamp. The flame of the candle flickered, owing either to the passage of the bullet or the disturbance of the air. But it burnt steadily again within the fifth part of a second, and they all saw a starred hole in the center pane of glass of the second tier from ...

— The Postmaster's Daughter • Louis Tracy

... such a harrowing topic. He shuddered to think of her fate if ever she fell into the hands of the miscreants who had not scrupled to murder Mrs. Lester. She evidently regarded the crime in No. 17 Innesmore Mansions as the sequel to some political disturbance in far-off Shanghai. It had not occurred to her that a hapless woman had been done to death merely as a warning to her father of the fate in store for him and his if he did not yield to the demand of the reactionary party in ...

— Number Seventeen • Louis Tracy

... did not immediately answer. His mind was heaving in tumult, and he was striving to calm it that he might take a proper survey of this thing flung into it to create so monstrous a disturbance. He began ...

— Captain Blood • Rafael Sabatini

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