disturbance, n. 1. disorder, disarrangement, derangement, misarrangement, disorganization, disarray, dishevelment, disruption.
2. inquietude, agitation, perturbation, flurry, flutter, restlessness, uneasiness, SI. flap; confusion, perplexity, bewilderment, bafflement, mystification, Brit. Dial, swither; uncertainty, stupefaction, demoralization, sixes and sevens, disorientation.
3. commotion, uproar, racket, noise, hubbub, fracas, rumpus, Inf ruckus, Scot. stramash; melee, hullaballoo, brouhaha, brawl, broil, imbroglio, to-do, row, free-for-all, Donnybrook, Brit, turn-up; bother, pother, trouble,fuss, fuss and feathers, Inf. foofaraw, Inf. stew, Inf. tizzy, SI. lather, SI. hoo-ha.
4. upheaval, turmoil, moil, tumult, turbulence, storm, hurly-burly; unrest, distraction, furor, excitement; riot, revolt, revolution, uprising; sedition, insurrection, insurgence, rebellion.
5. nuisance, annoyance, vexation, interruption, pain, SI. pain in the neck, Inf. headache, SI. hassle, SI. drag, Si bitch; inconvenience, imposition; irritant, bur, thorn in the side or flesh, pea in the shoe.
disturbed, adj. 1. agitated, ruffled, flustered, perturbed, flustered, troubled, upset, discomposed, SI. all shook-up, SI. all hot and bothered; uneasy, anxious, restive, apprehensive, on pins and needles.
2. annoyed, irritated, vexed, piqued, peeved, Chiefly U.S. riled, roiled, Inf. aggravated, Inf. miffed; pestered, bothered, hectored, harassed, harried.
3. confused, bewildered, perplexed, baffled, disconcerted, mixed-up.
4. neurotic, psychoneurotic, disordered, unbalance; psychopathic, psychotic, mentally-ill, SI. screwed-up, SI. messed-up.
disunion, n. 1. severance, disjunction, disconnection, separation, division, abstraction; partition, detachment; interruption, disruption.
2. dissension, disunity, dissidence, discord; alienation, estrangement, variance; breach, schism, split, rupture, feud, spat, disagreement. See - disunity, disunite, v. 1. separate, disjoin, sever, split, dissever, dispart; dissociate, abstract, detach, part, divide, rend, divorce; interrupt, disrupt; disengage, unfasten, loosen; dismember, disjoint; disband, scatter.
2. alienate, estrange, set at varience, set at odds, put discord between, split wide open, widen the breach; embroil, entangle, pull different ways, render inharmonious, pit against, stir up dissension,
disunity, n. dissension, discord, discordance, dissidence; disagreement, dissent, nonconcurrence; alienation, estrangement, variance; breach, schism, split, rupture; feud, spat, squabble, quarrel, wrangling, tiff, clashing, bickering, contention, strife, friction, controversy, altercation.