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[ dih-sturbd ] / dɪˈstɜrbd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR disturbed ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivemarked by symptoms of mental illness: a disturbed personality. agitated or distressed; disrupted: disturbed seas; a disturbed situation. noun (used with a plural verb)Usually the disturbed . persons who exhibit symptoms of neurosis or psychosis. Origin of disturbedFirst recorded in 1585–95; disturb + -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM disturbedun·dis·turbed, adjectiveWords nearby disturbeddistrix, distrust, distrustful, disturb, disturbance, disturbed, disturbing, disty., distyle, disubstituted, disulfate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for disturbedAre you endlessly fascinated by the human condition or disturbed by it? The Zany Shades of Nick Kroll|Abby Haglage|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST Disturbed by these suppositions and deciding not to tell my wife, I made the tea and took the tray to the bedroom. Knocking on Heaven's Door: True Stories of Unexplained, Uncanny Experiences at the Hour of Death|Patricia Pearson|August 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST While Gibbs was clearly a disturbed individual, his followers appear to have been a bunch of ordinary young soldiers. ‘Kill Team’: The Documentary the Army Doesn’t Want You to See|Andrew Romano|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST She told me she was disturbed that any program would host him. He Bullies Kids and Calls It News|Brandy Zadrozny|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Actually, “creeped out” and “disturbed” would be better descriptors for the decidedly mixed reaction. Michael Jackson's Crazy Billboard Awards Performance and More Hologram Wins and Fails (VIDEO)|The Daily Beast|May 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST The sound which had disturbed him was not repeated, and his two companions paid no regard to his remark. Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout|Robert Leighton He had disturbed her mind and given her something that she had to think about. The Squire's Daughter|Archibald Marshall The motley passengers were all sound asleep; no one had been disturbed by the fracas. Pirates of the Gorm|Nat Schachner At the end of some days disturbed by the silence of the King, she ventured to touch upon the subject. The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete|Duc de Saint-Simon Now she reproached herself because she could not immediately silence this fancy of disturbed nerves. The Mormon Prophet|Lily Dougall
British Dictionary definitions for disturbed
adjectivepsychiatry emotionally upset, troubled, or maladjusted Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to disturbedconfused, troubled, agitated, upset, disordered, disorganized, disrupted, disquieted, neurotic |