disturbance

1. Activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption (synset 107443050)
   "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"
   is a type of: activity - any specific behavior
   subtypes:

   • bother, fuss, hassle, trouble - an angry disturbance
   • magnetic storm - a sudden disturbance of the earth's magnetic field; caused by emission of particles from the sun
   same as: perturbation
2. An unhappy and worried mental state (synset 114426686)
   "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me"
   is a type of: agitation - a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
   same as: perturbation, upset
3. A disorderly outburst or tumult (synset 114000813)
   "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
   is a type of: disorder - a disturbance of the peace or of public order
   subtypes:

   • convulsion, turmoil, upheaval - a violent disturbance
   • earthquake - a disturbance that is extremely disruptive
   • incident - a public disturbance
   • splash, stir - 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
   • garboil, tumult, tumultuousness, uproar - a state of commotion and noise and confusion
   same as: commotion, disruption, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do
4. A noisy fight (synset 101178825)
   is a type of: combat, fight, fighting, scrap - the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
   same as: affray, fray, ruffle
5. The act of disturbing something or someone;
   Setting something in motion (synset 100334655)
   is a type of: motility, motion, move, movement - a change of position that does not entail a change of location
   subtypes:

   • carnival, circus - a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment
   • disorganisation, disorganization - the disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion
   • disruption, perturbation - the act of causing disorder
   • commotion, din, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, 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
   • agitation, excitement, hullabaloo, turmoil, upheaval - disturbance usually in protest
   • outburst, tumultuous disturbance - a sudden violent disturbance
   • rampage, violent disorder - violently angry and destructive behavior
   • derangement, overthrow, upset - the act of disturbing the mind or body
6. (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion;
   A more neutral term than mental illness (synset 114107272)
   referred to in: psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology - the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
   is a type of: disorder, upset - a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
   subtypes:

   • 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
   same as: folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder
7. Electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication (synset 107444811)
   is a type of: trouble - an event causing distress or pain
   subtypes:

   • clutter - unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen
   • background, background signal - extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
   • 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
   same as: interference, noise

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