English > disturbance: 7 senses > noun 3, state| Meaning | A disorderly outburst or tumult. |
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| Example | "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" |
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| Synonyms | disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle |
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| Narrower | convulsion, turmoil, upheaval | A violent disturbance |
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| earthquake | A disturbance that is extremely disruptive |
| incident | A public disturbance |
| stir, splash | A prominent or sensational but short-lived news event |
| storm, tempest | A violent commotion or disturbance |
| storm center, storm centre | A center of trouble or disturbance |
| tumult, tumultuousness, uproar, garboil | A state of commotion and noise and confusion |
| Broader | disorder | A disturbance of the peace or of public order |
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| Spanish | agitación, alboroto, barrila, bullicio, cacao, confusión, conmoción, disturbio, disturbios, encargos, kerfuffle, lío, movida, pendientes, perturbación, quehacer, revoloteo, ruido, ruptura, sarao, tomate, trapisonda, trastorno, tumulto |
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| Catalan | aldarull, commoció, desgavell, desori, disturbi, enrenou, kerfuffle, rebombori, sarau |
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English > disturbance: 7 senses > noun 5, act| Meaning | The act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion. |
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| Narrower | agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloo | Disturbance usually in protest |
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| circus, carnival | A frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment |
| commotion, din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult | The act of making a noisy disturbance |
| disorganization, disorganisation | The disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion |
| disruption, perturbation | The act of causing disorder |
| furor, furore | A sudden outburst (as of protest) |
| havoc, mayhem | violent and needless disturbance |
| melee, scrimmage, battle royal | A noisy riotous fight |
| outburst, tumultuous disturbance | A sudden violent disturbance |
| rampage, violent disorder | violently angry and destructive behavior |
| upset, derangement, overthrow | The act of disturbing the mind or body |
| Broader | motion, movement, move, motility | A change of position that does not entail a change of location |
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| Spanish | disturbio, perturbación |
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| Catalan | pertorbació, torbament |
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| Verbs | disturb | tamper with |
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English > disturbance: 7 senses > noun 6, state| Meaning | (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness. |
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| Synonyms | mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder, folie |
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| Category | psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine | The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders |
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| Narrower | Asperger's syndrome | A psychiatric disorder usually noted during early school years |
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| aberration | A disorder in one's mental state |
| affective disorder, major affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance | Any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant |
| anxiety disorder | A cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom |
| conversion disorder, conversion reaction, conversion hysteria | 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 |
| dissociative disorder | dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down |
| 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) |
| neurosis, neuroticism, psychoneurosis | A mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction |
| personality disorder | Inflexible and maladaptive patterns of behavior |
| psychosomatic disorder | A mental disorder that causes somatic symptoms |
| schizothymia | resembling schizophrenia but remaining within the bounds of normality |
| Broader | disorder, upset | A physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal / normal functioning |
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| Spanish | desequilibrio mental, enfermedad mental, folie, perturbación mental, perturbación, trastorno |
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| Catalan | desequilibri mental, folie, pertorbació mental |
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