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disturbed
dis·turbed D0297750 (dĭ-stûrbd′)adj.1. Unsettled, broken up, or altered in structure or function: disturbed soil.2. Being or resulting from being emotionally or mentally troubled: taught disturbed children; sent disturbed messages.disturbed (dɪˈstɜːbd) adj (Psychiatry) psychiatry emotionally upset, troubled, or maladjusteddis•turbed (dɪˈstɜrbd) adj. 1. marked by symptoms of mental illness. 2. agitated or distressed; disrupted. [1585–95] disturb disturbed1. 'disturb'If you disturb someone, you interrupt what they are doing and cause them inconvenience. If she's asleep, don't disturb her.Sorry to disturb you, but can I use your telephone?2. 'disturbed'The adjective disturbed has a different meaning. A disturbed person is very upset emotionally and often needs special care or treatment. When disturbed has this meaning, it comes in front of a noun. They help emotionally disturbed youngsters.If someone is disturbed, they are very worried. When disturbed has this meaning, it comes after a linking verb. He was disturbed by the news of the attack.ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | disturbed - having the place or position changed; "the disturbed books and papers on her desk"; "disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed"disarranged - having the arrangement disturbed; not in order; "her disarranged hair" | | 2. | disturbed - afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children"disquieted, upset, worried, distressedtroubled - characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need; "troubled areas"; "fell into a troubled sleep"; "a troubled expression"; "troubled teenagers" | | 3. | disturbed - emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationshipsmaladjustedpsychoneurotic, neurotic - affected with emotional disorder | | 4. | disturbed - affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"brainsick, crazy, demented, unhinged, unbalanced, mad, sickinsane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter" |
disturbedadjective1. (Psychiatry) unbalanced, troubled, disordered, unstable, neurotic, upset, deranged, unsound, maladjusted The murderer was apparently mentally disturbed. unbalanced balanced, untroubled2. worried, concerned, troubled, upset, bothered, nervous, anxious, uneasy, agitated, disquieted, apprehensive, antsy (informal), angsty (informal) I was disturbed to find that the dog was dead. worried calm, untroubled, unfazed (informal), collected, self-possessedTranslationsmentalmente disturbatoturbatodisturbed
disturbed Psychiatry emotionally upset, troubled, or maladjusted disturbed
disturbed (dĭ-stûrbd′)adj.1. Unsettled, broken up, or altered in structure or function: disturbed soil.2. Being or resulting from being emotionally or mentally troubled: taught disturbed children; sent disturbed messages.disturbed
Synonyms for disturbedadj unbalancedSynonyms- unbalanced
- troubled
- disordered
- unstable
- neurotic
- upset
- deranged
- unsound
- maladjusted
Antonymsadj worriedSynonyms- worried
- concerned
- troubled
- upset
- bothered
- nervous
- anxious
- uneasy
- agitated
- disquieted
- apprehensive
- antsy
- angsty
Antonyms- calm
- untroubled
- unfazed
- collected
- self-possessed
Synonyms for disturbedadj having the place or position changedRelated Wordsadj afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or griefSynonyms- disquieted
- upset
- worried
- distressed
Related Wordsadj emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationshipsSynonymsRelated Wordsadj affected with madness or insanitySynonyms- brainsick
- crazy
- demented
- unhinged
- unbalanced
- mad
- sick
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