disturbers
Those causing commotion
Disturbers are people or things that disrupt peace, order, or tranquility.
The word most often appears in the phrase disturbers of the peace, referring to those who cause public disturbances or commotion.
A disturber interrupts what would otherwise be calm or settled: The protesters were dismissed as disturbers and troublemakers.
Those causing problems deliberately
- rabble-rousersThose inciting public disorder
- instigatorsThose who initiate trouble
- incitersThose who urge action
- fomentersThose who incite discord
provocateurs · stirrers · firebrands · demagogues · provokers · agitators · mischief-makers · dissenters
Break in continuity
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- intrusionUnauthorized entry into space
- commotionNoisy, confused disturbance
nuisance · annoyance · hindrance · distraction · unsettling · jarring · derailing · displacement
Tending to provoke outrage
- incendiaryCausing or designed for burning
- seditiousInciting rebellion against state
- incitingUrging others to act
- antagonisticActively opposed or hostile
confrontational · contentious · polemical · challenging · irreverent · iconoclastic · audacious · bold
troublemakers
Those causing problems deliberately
- rabble-rousersThose inciting public disorder
- instigatorsThose who initiate trouble
- incitersThose who urge action
fomenters · provocateurs · stirrers · firebrands · demagogues · provokers · agitators · mischief-makers · dissenters · rebels
interruption
Break in continuity
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- intrusionUnauthorized entry into space
commotion · nuisance · annoyance · hindrance · distraction · unsettling · jarring · derailing · displacement · dislocation
inflammatory
Tending to provoke outrage
- incendiaryCausing or designed for burning
- seditiousInciting rebellion against state
- incitingUrging others to act
antagonistic · confrontational · contentious · polemical · challenging · irreverent · iconoclastic · audacious · bold · offensive
disturberspeacekeepers
Forces maintaining cease-fires
peacemakers · pacifiers · calmers · soothers · harmonizers
disturbersstabilizers
Mechanisms ensuring steadiness
preservers · guardians · protectors · maintainers · upholders
- shit disturberOne who provokes conflict