disturbance

6 definitions • 8 examples

something that interrupts someone or makes someone feel worried:

Residents are tired of the disturbance caused by the nightclub.

Phone calls are the biggest disturbance at work.

violence or trouble:

There was a minor disturbance during the demonstration, but nobody was injured.

to break the law by fighting or behaving extremely noisily in public:

His girlfriend was also arrested for allegedly causing a disturbance.

a condition in which someone is not thinking or behaving normally because of mental or emotional problems:

The state spent close to $6 million on prescription drugs - the bulk of which were used to treat emotional or mental disturbances.

There are many degrees of mental frailty or disturbance, ranging from mild confusion to Alzheimer's disease.

something that interrupts you, esp. something loud or causing trouble:

You must take care of yourself and avoid upsetting disturbances.

A disturbance is also something that affects usual wind conditions:

The disturbance became a typhoon in the Philippine Sea and headed due west.