disturbance | Definition of disturbance

Synonyms and Antonyms of disturbance

1 a state of noisy, confused activity

went to investigate the disturbance outside

Synonyms of disturbance

ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter [chiefly dialect], coil, commotion, corroboree [Australian], do [chiefly dialect], foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha (also hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry, hurry-scurry (or hurry-skurry), kerfuffle [chiefly British], moil, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, splore [Scottish], squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw, zoo

Words Related to disturbance

cacophony, clamor, din, howl, hue and cry, noise, outcry, racket, roar

disorder, unrest, upheaval

eruption, flare-up, flurry, flutter, outbreak, outburst

brawl, fracas, fray, hassle, melee (also mêlée), scuffle

dither, fever, fret, lather, tizzy

Near Antonyms of disturbance

calm, hush, peace, quiet, quietude, rest, stillness, tranquillity (or tranquility)

order, orderliness

2 an act or instance of the order of things being disturbed

caused a disturbance in the carefully ordered proceedings

Synonyms of disturbance

derangement, dislocation, disruption, upset

Words Related to disturbance

convulsion, revolution, unsettledness, unsettlement, upheaval

3 the act of making unwelcome intrusions upon another

the assistant apologized for the disturbance and got straight to the point

Synonyms of disturbance

aggravation, annoyance, bedevilment, botheration, bothering, bugging, harassment, harrying, importunity, pestering, teasing, vexation

Words Related to disturbance

aggro [British], molestation, offense (or offence), persecution, provocation, torment, torture

devilment, devilry, mischief