disturbance

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
  2. noun an unhappy and worried mental state
  3. noun a disorderly outburst or tumult

Etymology

From Middle English disturbaunce, from Old French destorbance, destourbance, from destourber (“disturb”), from Latin disturbō. By surface analysis, disturb + -ance.

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Synonyms

perturbation

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