Synonyms for Disturbance

Synonyms for "disturbance" (355 found)

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Closest matches (71)

Noun(17 words)

commotion disruption upset affray agitations alarum anxiety botheringcause disarraycivil disordercommotionsdanish rastløsderanging destabilizing disarraying disarrayment discommodes

abashment ado affection affray agitationall oversall-overs angst anxietyanxiety hysteriaanxiety neurosisanxious benchanxious concernanxious seatanxiousness apprehension apprehensiveness baffle bafflement befuddlement

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Verb(1 words)

create chaos

Strong matches (107)

Noun(19 words)

discommoding discomposing dislocations disorderdisorder the plandisorderingdisruption of community structuredisruption of homeostasisdisruptions disturbing dysfunctions flustering flusters flutter folie fray hoo-ha hoo-hahhurly burly

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Verb(5 words)

dishevellingdisorganize plansdisrupt ecosystem servicesdisrupting garboil

Adjective(3 words)

disruptive influenceeconomic upheaval contextgreat disarray

Related words (177)

Noun(44 words)

imbalances interference interruption jamming jar jarring jolts kerfuffle lallygaggingmajor upheavalmental disordermental disturbancenoisenoise disturbancenuisance perturbation perturbations poltergeistpsychological disorderrampaging

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riots roiling ruffle ruffling rumbling rumpuses shivareestate of tumulttempest to-do transients traumata tremors tumults turmoils unease unrest upheavals upheaving uproar upsets upsetting waves wrenches

incident incoherence inconvenience indiscriminatenessinharmonious harmonyinquietude insanity interference interruption intrusion irregularity jam jar jitters jumble jumpiness maelstrom malaise maze melee

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mess misarrangement misgiving mist moil mortificationmost admired disordermuddle muddlement mystery nerviness nervositynervous strainnervous tensionnervousness nonplus nonsymmetry nonuniformity outburst overanxiety pandemonium passionpell mellpell-mell perplexity perturbation picklepins and needlesplight pother predicament presentiment problem promiscuity promiscuousness pucker puzzle puzzlement quandary racket rage rampage randomness restlessness riddle riot roilrough-and-tumbleroughhouse rout row ruckus ruction ruffle rumpus scene scramble scrape scrimmage seethe seething shindy shuffle shuffling solicitude stew stir storm storminess strain suspense sweat swirl swirling swivet tempest tempestuousness tension tizzyto doto-do trauma trepidation trepidity trouble tumult tumultuation tumultuousness turbidity turbulence turmoil twitter unassuredness unease uneasiness unquietness unrest unsettlement unsymmetry ununiformity upheaval uproar upset vexation violence vortex whirl wildness yeastiness zeal zealousness

Adjective(2 words)

loud noisemass unrest

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More general

17 entries

activity agitation combat condition disorder emotion event fight fighting interruption motility motion move movement scrap trouble

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More specific

6 entries

anxietyclassroom disruptionnoise disturbanceprotest riot worry

Collocations

6 entries

civil disturbanceclassroom disturbancedisturbance in the schedulenoise disturbancepublic disturbanceschoolyard disturbance

Inflections

1 entries

disturbances

Derivations

2 entries

disturb disturbing

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The police intervened in the disturbance.

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The police arrested Tom after responding to reports of a disturbance at his home.

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I'm afraid that I've caused a slight disturbance.

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I sense a disturbance in the Force.

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Disturbance