disturbance

English

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Alternative forms

• disturbaunce

Etymology

Middle English, from Old French destorbance

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈtɜː(ɹ)bəns/

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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.
   • 2012 January 1, Donald Worster, “A Drier and Hotter Future”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 70: 

     Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.

4. (psychology) A serious mental imbalance or illness.

Translations

act of disturbing, being disturbed

• Bulgarian: смущение (bg) n (smuštenie), смут (bg) m (smut)
• Czech: rušení n
• Danish: forstyrrelse c
• Dutch: storing (nl) f, verstoring (nl) f
• Esperanto: perturbo
• German: Störung (de) f
• Hebrew: הפרעה f (hafra'a)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ئاژاوه‌ (ku) (ajawe)

• Luhya: bunani

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forstyrrelse m

• Portuguese: estorvo (pt) m, perturbação (pt) f
• Romanian: deranjare (ro) f, tulburare (ro) f
• Russian: беспорядки (ru) m pl (besporjádki), волнения (ru) n pl (volnénija)
• Scottish Gaelic: aimhreit f
• Spanish: disturbio (es) m, estorbo (es) m, perturbación (es) f
• Swahili: utundu (sw)
• Swedish: störning (sv) c

something that disturbs

• Bengali: জ্বালাতন
• Czech: výtržník m (person)
• Danish: forstyrrelse c
• German: Störenfried (de) m
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ئاژاوه‌ (ku) (ajawe)

• Maori: āheihei, ngangau, rarī

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forstyrrelse m

• Portuguese: estorvo (pt) m, perturbação (pt) f
• Romanian: deranj (ro) n, încomodare f
• Russian: (person) нарушитель (ru) m (narušítelʹ), нарушительница (ru) f (narušítelʹnica)
• Spanish: estorbo (es), perturbación (es) f
• Swedish: störning (sv) c

interruption of that which is normal or regular

• Bulgarian: безредие (bg) n (bezredie), бъротия f (bǎrotija)
• Czech: narušení n, vyrušení n
• German: Störung (de) f
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ئاژاوه‌ (ku) (ajawe)

• Maori: ngaungau, āheihei, heihei

• Portuguese: perturbação (pt) f
• Romanian: perturbare (ro) f, perturbație (ro) f, deranjament (ro) n
• Russian: расстройство (ru) n (rasstrójstvo), нарушение (ru) n (narušénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: atharrachadh m
• Spanish: perturbación (es)
• Swedish: avbrott (sv) n, störning (sv) c

(psychology) serious mental imbalance or illness

• Czech: duševní (cs) porucha (cs) f
• German: Störung (de) f, Geistesstörung f
• Portuguese: distúrbio (pt) m, transtorno (pt) m
• Romanian: tulburare (ro) f, perturbație (ro) f

• Russian: расстройство (ru) n (rasstrójstvo)
• Spanish: perturbación (es) f, trastorno (es) m
• Swedish: rubbning c, störning (sv) c

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