disturbance

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• disturbaunce

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Noun

disturbance (plural disturbances)

1. The act of disturbing, being disturbed
2. Something that disturbs

   That guy causes a lot of trouble, you know, he's such a disturbance.

3. An interruption of that which is normal or regular.
4. (psychology) A serious mental imbalance or illness.

Translations

act of disturbing, being disturbed

Bulgarian: смущение (bg) n., смут (bg) m. Czech: rušení (cs) n. Dutch: storing (nl) f., verstoring (nl) f. Esperanto: perturbo (eo) Hebrew: הפרעה (hafra'a) f. Kurdish: ئاژاوه‌ (ku) (ajawe)

Luhya: bunani Scottish Gaelic: aimhreit (gd) f. Swahili: utundu (sw) Swedish: störning (sv) c.

something that disturbs

Bengali: জ্বালাতন (bn) Czech: výtržník (cs) m. (person)

Kurdish: ئاژاوه‌ (ku) (ajawe) Swedish: störning (sv) c.

interruption of that which is normal or regular

Bulgarian: безредие (bg) n., бъротия (bg) f. Czech: narušení (cs) n., vyrušení (cs) n. Kurdish: ئاژاوه‌ (ku) (ajawe)

Scottish Gaelic: atharrachadh (gd) m. Swedish: avbrott (sv) n., störning (sv) c.

(psychology) serious mental imbalance or illness

Czech: duševní (cs) porucha (cs) f.

Swedish: rubbning (sv) c., störning (sv) c.

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German: [1] Störung (de) [2] Belästigung (de), Beunruhigung (de), Aufregung (de) [3] Unruhe (de), Tumult (de), Aufruhr (de) [4] Verwirrung (de) Dutch: verstoring Mandarin: dǎrǎo (traditional 打擾, simplified 打扰)