Cats find it frightfully disturbing (4)

I believe the answer is:

scat

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'it frightfully disturbing' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'cats find' is the wordplay.
'find' indicates an anagram.
'cats' anagrammed gives 'SCAT'.

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(Other definitions for scat that I've seen before include "Get away with cats" , "Improvised jazz singing" , "unwelcome person may hear this" , "Shoo!" , "leave quickly" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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