noun. undefined

noun. The act of disturbing.

noun. The condition of being disturbed.

noun. Something that disturbs, as a commotion, scuffle, or public tumult.

noun. Mental or emotional unbalance or disorder.

noun. A variation in normal wind conditions.

noun. Folding or faulting that affects a relatively large area.

noun. An alteration or displacement of a region of a medium from its equilibrium state.

noun. In astronomy, same as perturbation; the deviation of a body from the elliptical orbit it would otherwise pursue, caused by the attraction of bodies other than the primary.

noun. Interruption of arrangement or order; violent change; derangement: as, a disturbance of the electric current.

noun. An interruption of thought or conversation; as, to read without disturbance.

noun. A violent interruption of the peace; a violent stir or excitement tending to or manifested in a breach of the peace; a tumult; an uproar; in a more extended sense, public disorder; agitation in the body politic.

noun. Emotion or disorder of the mind; agitation; perturbation; confusion: as, the merchant received the news of his losses without apparent disturbance.

noun. In law, the wrongful obstruction of the owner of an incorporeal hereditament in its exercise or enjoyment: as, the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, or of tenure.

noun. An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder

noun. Confusion of the mind; agitation of the feelings; perplexity; uneasiness.

noun. Violent agitation in the body politic; public commotion; tumult.

noun. The hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right.

noun. The act of disturbing, being disturbed

noun. Something that disturbs

noun. An interruption of that which is normal or regular.

noun. A serious mental imbalance or illness.

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

noun. activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption

noun. a disorderly outburst or tumult

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

noun. an unhappy and worried mental state

noun. a noisy fight

noun. electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

"A great deal of that which we call disturbance -- a great deal of the upset in what have seemed to be established institutions -- is really but the surface indication of something approaching a regeneration."

agitation  disturbance of patronage  

agitation  combat  fight  fighting  scrap  

agitation  complication  conflict  confusion  crisis  

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