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disturbed, ppl. a.|dɪˈstɜːbd, -ɪd|
[f. disturb v. + -ed1.]
a. Disquieted; agitated; having the settled state, order, or position interfered with.
1592Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 340 He..Looks on the dull earth with disturbed mind. 1601― Jul. C. i. iii. 40 This disturbed Skie is not to walk in. 1763Scrafton Indostan (1770) 50 He had ever after a disturbed imagination. 1830D'Israeli Chas. I, III. i. 9 Four years of a disturbed reign had taught the Sovereign some lessons. 1838J. W. Croker in C. Papers (1884) II. xx. 323 Rheumatism in his neck..gives him a disturbed air. 1860Tyndall Glac. ii. xvii. 315 Crevasses..in the more disturbed portions of glaciers.
b. spec. in Psychiatry, emotionally or mentally unstable or abnormal; also (orig. U.S.), designed for or occupied by disturbed patients.
1904T. Johnstone tr. Kraepelin's Lect. Clin. Psychiatry iii. 25 A few weeks before his admission he had some attacks of apprehension, and then became disturbed, ill-balanced and absent-minded. 1935W. Seabrook Asylum xiv. 220 A disturbed hall as seen through the eyes of a disturbed patient. 1960Guardian 9 Nov. 6/5 The standards she set were too high for the child, who became disturbed and began to pilfer. 1964G. L. Cohen What's Wrong with Hospitals? viii. 164 Only by segregating those considered dangerous in a ‘disturbed ward’—the erstwhile refractory section—can hospitals give the rest a parcelled-out freedom. 1970Guardian 21 May 26/2 The centre..has kept its belief that disturbed people could respond to..a small community..where they would never be regarded as patients.
Hence diˈsturbedly |-ɪdlɪ| adv.; diˈsturbedness.
1731Bailey (ed. 5), Disturbedly, interruptedly. Ibid., Disturbedness, disorderliness, interruption. 1807Southey Espriella's Lett. III. 339 The dog is uneasy..and the cat wanders disturbedly from room to room. |