Strife, contention, conflict; tumult, disturbance, agitation. Obsolete.

? State of turmoil.

with a and plural: An instance of this; spec. a breach of public peace, a tumult, an uproar, an outbreak of disorder.

Originally: †suffering, pain; distress, affliction (obsolete). Later in weakened sense: disturbance, commotion, fuss; an instance of this. Cf. to make…

Display, pomp; commotion, uproar, fuss.

? Tumult, disturbance.

The action of disturb, v.; disturbance. (Now only gerundial.)

The action of trouble, v., or an instance of this (in various senses).

Confusion, bewilderment, trouble, disturbance, clamour. Obsolete. (The early quotations are vague in sense: the latest shade off into 2.)

Disharmony; disturbance, turmoil, trouble; discord, strife; (in later use esp.) disturbance or turmoil resulting from dissatisfaction or anger within…

Strife; commotion, disturbance, tumult. Obsolete.

The action of disturbing the peace, public order, etc.; public unrest or disorder; trouble; commotion. Also: an instance of this; a riot. Scottish…

Confusion, disorder, disturbance; perturbation, agitation of mind.

Tumult, uproar; a commotion. Obsolete.

Uproar, tumult, disturbance. Chiefly in in (also on, upon) a roar: in tumult or confusion.

Uproar, tumult, disturbance; an instance of this. Obsolete.

= disturblance, n.

Public disturbance, disorder, or confusion; with a and plural an instance of this, a disturbance, an agitation.

Disturbance, molestation.

Strife, contention; commotion, tumult.

Commotion, tumult, strife, uproar, turmoil, confusion. (Formerly a more dignified word than now.)

Dissension, disturbance, tumult; an instance of this.

Tumult, uproar; commotion, fuss. Now Scottish and dialect.

Disturbance, tumult; a commotion. Obsolete.

= disturbance, n.

Trouble, discord, or disturbance; unrest; strife.

Disturbance (physical or mental).

A disturbance, a commotion. In early use also as a mass noun: unrest.

Commotion, disturbance, tumult; general excitement; fuss. Now usually with a; the plural, now rare, was formerly common, esp. in the sense ‘publick…

Disquiet, unrest.

Disorder, disturbance, noise; = rangale, n. 3.

Fuss, ado. Disturbance, commotion; (also) an instance of this. Obsolete.

A state of agitation or commotion; disturbance, tumult; trouble, disquiet.

? Uproar, confusion.

Confusion, disturbance. Obsolete.

The action of disturbing; = disturbance, n.

? = brulyie, n., or ? mistake for cruyltie.

Confusion, turmoil; disturbance, tumult; discord, controversy. Also: an instance or state of confusion, disturbance, discord, etc.; a disorderly or…

Disturbance.

The state or condition of being moved backwards and forwards repeatedly; commotion, disturbance, perturbation; an instance of this.

Disturbance.

The action of turmoil, v.; commotion, agitation, disquietude; also, toiling, severe labour.

figurative. Confused and hurried activity of any kind; disturbance, commotion; tumult, bustle.

Tumult, excited and disorderly commotion.

Disturbed or unsettled state; confusion, disorderliness. Obsolete.

Riotous conduct, disorder; a disturbance or commotion. Obsolete (in later use English regional (northern) and Scottish).

Commotion, turmoil, loud noise. Now Scottish.

Without article: people of the lowest class; people forming the socially inferior, uncouth, or disorderly element of any group or body of people.

gen. Commotion, agitation, disturbance; disorderly or noisy movement or action. Also plural.

Rush, violence; confusion, disturbance.

Confusion, disturbance, or disorder such as that caused by a rabble or unruly crowd; riotous conduct; uproar.

An act of disturbing; a thing that disturbs; disturbance.

A state of confusion, upheaval, or turmoil.

Fuss, ado; a ‘business’.

Commotion, tumult, uproar; strife.

Commotion or agitation, physical, social, or political; disturbance, tumult. (With or without a and plural.) Obsolete.

Bustle, stir, confusion, hurly-burly; often in in commotion. (Also with a and plural.)

Upset, disturbance. Obsolete. rare.

Trouble, perturbation.

Disturbance.

The action of making a tumult; a condition of tumult; commotion, disturbance, agitation.

The action of disturbing or perturbing something or someone; agitation, turmoil, turbulence.

Fuss, disturbance, bother.

? Commotion, disturbance. (Perhaps a misprint for ruffle.)

The action of dissettling; the fact of being dissettled. Disturbance, unsettlement. Obsolete.

= perturbation, n.

A process of the nature of that resulting from the operation of leaven on dough or on saccharine liquids. in various other vague applications. Obs…

figurative. Agitation, excitement, tumult; = fermentation, n. 2.

Tumult, disturbance; a state of confusion. Also: a fight, a quarrel. Cf. broil, n.1 a.

Hurry and confusion; the hurrying and disorderly rushing of a number; a ‘rush’.

figurative. A state or condition of human affairs or interests comparable to a whirl or eddy by reason of rush or excitement, rapid change, or…

Commotion, uproar, noise, disagreement.

Commotion, bustle, tumult; disturbance, trouble; strife, contention, struggle.

Noisy or drunken merrymaking; boisterous play; commotion, confusion. Also: an instance of this.

confusion, turmoil, trouble.

Turmoil, confusion, tangle; confusion of sound, hubbub. Also: trouble, vexation.

The process or state of festering; an instance of this. Chiefly figurative.

= hurly-burly, n.

The action or habit of fidgeting; the state of being fidgety: in to be in a fidge; also, a commotion, stir, fuss.

slang (originally U.S.). figurative and in allusive use. Someone or something regarded as meaningless, worthless, or as a cause of interference…

Caribbean. Confusion or commotion (sometimes spec. as arising from scandal or controversy). Also: a confused situation; a mess.

Nonsense, jargon; commotion, confusion. Also as a count noun.

Trouble, commotion; a noisy altercation; a fight.