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disturbance

English

Alternative forms

  • disturbaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English disturbaunce, from Old French destorbance, destourbance, from destourber (disturb), from Latin disturb?. Surface analysis disturb +? -ance.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??st??bn?s/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /d??st?bn?s/
  • Hyphenation: dis?tur?bance

Noun

disturbance (countable and uncountable, 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. A noisy commotion that causes a hubbub or interruption.
  4. An interruption of that which is normal or regular.
  5. (psychology) A serious mental imbalance or illness.

Antonyms

  • calmness

Translations

Anagrams

  • bedcurtains

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lunacy

English

Etymology

From lunatic +? -cy.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?lu?.n?.si /, /?lju?.n?.si/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?lu?.n?.si /

Noun

lunacy (countable and uncountable, plural lunacies)

  1. (of a person or group of people) The state of being mad, insanity
    1. a cyclical mental disease, apparently linked to the lunar phases
    2. insanity implying legal irresponsibility.
  2. Something deeply misguided.

Synonyms

  • (state of being mad): insanity, madness, craziness, craze

Translations

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