Hyphenation of disturbance

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word disturbance? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

dis-tur-bance

Definitions of disturbance:

1.	Activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption The term `distress' connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset He looked around for the source of the disturbance There was a disturbance of neural function
2.	An unhappy and worried mental state There was too much anger and disturbance She didn't realize the upset she caused me
3.	A disorderly outburst or tumult They were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused
4.	A noisy fight
5.	The act of disturbing something or someone Setting something in motion
6.	(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion A more neutral term than mental illness
7.	Electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

Synonyms of disturbance:

noun	perturbation, activity
noun	perturbation, upset, agitation
noun	disruption, commotion, stir, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle, disorder
noun	affray, fray, ruffle, fight, fighting, combat, scrap
noun	motion, movement, move, motility
noun	mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder, folie, disorder, upset
noun	noise, interference, trouble

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The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.