disturbance.
The act of disturbing, being disturbed.
Meaning & usage
The act of disturbing, being disturbed.
Something that disturbs.
That guy causes a lot of trouble, you know, he’s such a disturbance.
A noisy commotion that causes a hubbub or interruption.
An interruption of that which is normal or regular.
A serious mental imbalance or illness.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English disturbaunce, from Old French destorbance, destourbance, from destourber (“disturb”), from Latin disturbō. By surface analysis, disturb + -ance.
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