disturbance
— Noun
– English
~ activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption; "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"
disturbance
— Noun
– English
~ the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion
disturbance
— Noun
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~ (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
disturbance
— Noun
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~ electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
disturbance
— Noun
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~ a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
disturbance
— Noun
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~ an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me"
disturbed
— Adjective
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~ having the place or position changed; "the disturbed books and papers on her desk"; "disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed"
disturbed
— Adjective
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~ affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"
disturbed
— Adjective
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~ emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships
disturbed
— Adjective
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~ afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children"
disturber
— Noun
– English
~ a troubler who interrupts or interferes with peace and quiet; someone who causes disorder and commotion
disturbing
— Adjective
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~ causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time"
disturbingly
— Adverb
– English
~ in a disturbing manner; "the details of the kidnaper's letter had sounded disturbingly convincing"
disulfiram
— Noun
– English
~ a drug (trade name Antabuse) used in the treatment of alcoholism; causes nausea and vomiting if alcohol is ingested
disunify
— Verb
– English
~ break up or separate; "The country is disunifying"; "Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989"
disunion
— Noun
– English
~ the termination or destruction of union
disunite
— Verb
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~ force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
disunite
— Verb
– English
~ part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president"
disunited
— Adjective
– English
~ having been divided; having the unity destroyed; "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell; "a league of disunited nations"- E.B.White; "a fragmented coalition"; "a split group"