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disturbance - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | disturbance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion; upset |
| Synonyms: | agitation, annoyance, bother, brawl, brouhaha, clamor, confusion, convulsion, derangement, disorder, disruption, distraction, eruption, explosion, ferment, fisticuffs, flap, fracas, fray, fuss, hindrance, hubbub, hullabaloo*, insurrection, interruption, intrusion, perturbation, quake, quarrel, racket, rampage, restlessness, riot, ruckus, rumble, shock, spasm, stink*, stir*, storm, to-do*, tremor, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uprising, uproar, violence, big scene, big stink, disarrangement, molestation |
| Antonyms: | calm, order, peace, quiet, tranquility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | agitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shaking, mixing |
| Synonyms: | commotion, disturbance, stirring, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, upheaval, churning, discomposure, rocking, tizzy, tossing |
| Main Entry: | cataclysm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disaster |
| Synonyms: | calamity, cataract, catastrophe, collapse, convulsion, crunch*, curtains*, debacle, deluge, disturbance, flood, flooding, inundation, misadventure, ruin, torrent, tragedy, upheaval, waterloo*, woe, double trouble, holy mess, unholy mess |
| Antonyms: | boon, happiness, miracle, wonder, good fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | combustion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | explosion; on fire |
| Synonyms: | agitation, disturbance, flaming, kindling, tumult, turmoil, candescence, ignition, oxidization, thermogenesis |
| Main Entry: | dislocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | displacement |
| Synonyms: | break, confusion, disarray, disconnection, disorder, disorganization, disruption, disturbance, division, disarticulation, discontinuity, disengagement, luxation, misplacement, unhinging |
| Antonyms: | order, ordering |
| Main Entry: | dispute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argument |
| Synonyms: | altercation, beef*, bone of contention*, brawl, broil, brouhaha, commotion, conflict, contention, controversy, debate, difference of opinion, disagreement, discord, discussion, dissension, disturbance, embroilment, falling-out, feud, fireworks*, flare-up, fracas, friction, fuss, hubbub, miff*, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, rumpus*, squabble, squall, strife, tiff, uproar, variance, words, wrangle, bickering, polemic |
| Antonyms: | agreement |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disquiet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worry; mental upset |
| Synonyms: | ailment, alarm, angst, anxiety, care, concern, disquietude, distress, disturbance, fear, ferment, foreboding, nervousness, restlessness, solicitude, storm, trouble, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest, concernment, fretfulness, inquietude, restiveness |
| Antonyms: | calm, ease, peace, collectedness |
| Main Entry: | distraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | having one's attention drawn away |
| Synonyms: | aberration, abstraction, agitation, amusement, bewilderment, commotion, complication, confusion, disorder, dissipation, disturbance, diversion, entertainment, frenzy, game, interference, interruption, pastime, preoccupation, recreation, beguilement, divertissement, engrossment, perplexity |
| Main Entry: | emotion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental state |
| Synonyms: | affect, affection, agitation, anger, ardor, commotion, concern, desire, despair, despondency, disturbance, drive, ecstasy, elation, empathy, excitement, feeling, fervor, grief, gut reaction, happiness, inspiration, joy, love, melancholy, passion, perturbation, pride, rage, remorse, sadness, satisfaction, sensation, sensibility, sentiment, shame, sorrow, sympathy, thrill, tremor, vehemence, warmth, zeal, affectivity, excitability, responsiveness, sensitiveness, vibes |
| Antonyms: | physicality |
| Main Entry: | excitement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiasm; incitement |
| Synonyms: | action, activity, ado, adventure, agitation, animation, bother, buzz*, commotion, confusion, disturbance, dither*, drama, elation, emotion, feeling, ferment, fever, flurry, frenzy, furor, fuss, heat*, hubbub*, hullabaloo*, hurry, hysteria, impulse, instigation, intoxication, motivation, motive, movement, passion, perturbation, provocation, rage, stimulation, stimulus, stir, thrill, titillation, to-do*, trepidation, tumult, turmoil, urge, warmth, discomposure, excitation, kicks, melodrama, wildness |
| Antonyms: | apathy, boredom, calm, calmness, dullness, lull, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flurry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion, burst |
| Synonyms: | ado, agitation, brouhaha, bustle, confusion, disturbance, excitement, ferment, flap*, flaw, fluster, flutter, furor, fuss, gust, haste, hurry, outbreak, pother, spell, spurt, squall, stir*, to-do, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, whirl, whirlwind |
| Antonyms: | calm, calmness, quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fluster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perturbation, upset |
| Synonyms: | agitation, brouhaha, commotion, disturbance, dither, flap*, flurry, flutter, furor, ruffle, state*, to-do*, turmoil |
| Antonyms: | calm, calmness, comfort, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fray |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight, battle |
| Synonyms: | affray, battle royal*, brawl, broil*, brouhaha*, clash, combat, conflict, contest, disturbance, donnybrook*, engagement, fracas, melee, quarrel, riot, row, ruckus, rumble, rumpus, scuffle, set-to* |
| Antonyms: | agreement, harmony, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hang-up |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preoccupation |
| Synonyms: | block, difficulty, dilemma, disturbance, impasse, inhibition, obsession, predicament, problem, reserve, restraint, thing |
| Main Entry: | harassment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | badgering |
| Synonyms: | aggravation, annoyance, bother, disturbance, exasperation, hassle, irritation, nuisance, persecution, perturbation, provocation, provoking, torment, trouble, vexation, bedevilment, bothering, irking, molestation, pestering, vexing |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, furtherance, help, support, facilitation |
| Main Entry: | hubbub |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion, disorder |
| Synonyms: | babel, bedlam, brouhaha*, clamor, confusion, din, disturbance, fuss, hassle, hue and cry*, hullabaloo*, hurly-burly*, jangle, noise, pandemonium, racket, riot, ruckus, rumpus, to-do*, tumult, turmoil, uproar, whirl, hell broke loose, rowdydow, ruction |
| Antonyms: | calm, order, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | illness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disease; bad health |
| Synonyms: | affliction, ailing, ailment, attack, breakdown, bug*, collapse, complaint, confinement, convalescence, disability, diseasedness, disorder, disturbance, dose, failing health, fit, flu, ill health, indisposition, infirmity, malady, malaise, poor health, prostration, relapse, seizure, sickness, syndrome, unhealth, virus, what's going around |
| Notes: | illness means sickness or poor health, while a disease is an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning |
| Antonyms: | good health, health, well-being, wellness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inconvenience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bother, trouble |
| Synonyms: | aggravation, annoyance, awkwardness, difficulty, disadvantage, disruption, disturbance, drawback, exasperation, fuss, hindrance, nuisance, pain*, stew*, trial, uneasiness, upset, vexation, bothersomeness, cumbersomeness, troublesomeness, unfitness, unhandiness, unsuitableness, untimeliness, unwieldiness |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, convenience, profit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interruption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break; interference |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, arrest, breach, cessation, check, delay, disconnection, discontinuance, disruption, dissolution, disturbance, division, doldrums, gap, halt, hiatus, hindrance, hitch, impediment, interim, intermission, interval, intrusion, lacuna, layoff, letup*, obstacle, obstruction, pause, quiescence, rift, rupture, separation, split, stop, stoppage, suspension, abeyancy, blackout, break-off, cutoff, disuniting, dormancy, latency, parenthesis, severance |
| Antonyms: | continuation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | presentiment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anticipation, expectation |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, disquietude, disturbance, fear, feeling, foreboding, forecast, forethought, funny feeling*, hunch, intuition, misgiving, perturbation, premonition, presage, apprehensiveness, discomposure, feeling in bones, handwriting on wall, prenotion, sinking feeling, vibes, worriment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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