disturbance
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
the term `distress' connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset
Types & categories
- activity hypernym
- hassle hyponym
- magnetic storm hyponym
Sense 2 noun
an unhappy and worried mental state
there was too much anger and disturbance
Types & categories
- agitation hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a disorderly outburst or tumult
they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused
Types & categories
- disorder hypernym
- turmoil hyponym
- earthquake hyponym
- incident hyponym
- stir hyponym
- tempest hyponym
- storm center hyponym
- tumult hyponym
Sense 4 noun
a noisy fight
Types & categories
- fighting hypernym
Sense 5 noun
the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion
Types & categories
- movement hypernym
- carnival hyponym
- disorganization hyponym
- disruption hyponym
- ruction hyponym
- furor hyponym
- havoc hyponym
- melee hyponym
- hullabaloo hyponym
- tumultuous disturbance hyponym
- rampage hyponym
- upset hyponym
Related & opposite
- disturb derivation
Sense 6 noun
(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
Types & categories
- disorder hypernym
- Asperger's syndrome hyponym
- anxiety disorder hyponym
- psychosomatic disorder hyponym
- aberration hyponym
- conversion disorder hyponym
- delirium hyponym
- delusional disorder hyponym
- encopresis hyponym
- folie a deux hyponym
- personality disorder hyponym
- affective disorder hyponym
- schizothymia hyponym
- neurosis hyponym
- dissociative disorder hyponym
Related & opposite
- psychiatry domain topic
Sense 7 noun
electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
Types & categories
- trouble hypernym
- clutter hyponym
- background signal hyponym
- crosstalk hyponym
- fadeout hyponym
- jitter hyponym
- static hyponym
- white noise hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | activity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hassle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | magnetic storm |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | disquiet |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | trouble |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | untune |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | agitation |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | disorder |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | turmoil |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | earthquake |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | incident |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | stir |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tempest |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | storm center |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tumult |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fighting |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | disturb |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | movement |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | carnival |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | disorganization |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | disruption |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | ruction |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | furor |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | havoc |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | melee |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | hullabaloo |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | tumultuous disturbance |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | rampage |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | upset |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | psychiatry |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | disorder |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | Asperger's syndrome |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | anxiety disorder |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | psychosomatic disorder |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | aberration |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | conversion disorder |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | delirium |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | delusional disorder |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | encopresis |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | folie a deux |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | personality disorder |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | affective disorder |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | schizothymia |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | neurosis |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | dissociative disorder |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | trouble |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | clutter |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | background signal |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | crosstalk |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | fadeout |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | jitter |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | static |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | white noise |