disturbed
dis·turbed
(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.
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disturbed
(dɪˈstɜːbd)adj
(Psychiatry) psychiatry emotionally upset, troubled, or maladjusted
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dis•turbed
(dɪˈstɜrbd)adj.
1. marked by symptoms of mental illness.
2. agitated or distressed; disrupted.
[1585–95]
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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.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Adj. | 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"troubled - 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 relationshipspsychoneurotic, neurotic - affected with emotional disorder | |
| 4. |  disturbed - affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter" |
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disturbed
adjective
2. 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-possessed
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Translations
disturbed
[dɪsˈtɜːbd] ADJ
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disturbed
[dɪˈstɜːrbd] adj
(= anxious, worried) [person] → agité(e), troublé(e)
to be disturbed that ... → être inquiet/iète que ...
to be disturbed about sth → être perturbé(e) par qch
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disturbed
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