 disturbed |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] having the place or position changed | |
| Examples: | "the disturbed books and papers on her desk" "disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed" |
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| Related terms: | disarranged | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief | |
| Synonyms: | worried upset distressed disquieted | |
| Examples: | "too upset to say anything" "spent many disquieted moments" "distressed about her son's leaving home" "lapsed into disturbed sleep" "worried parents" |
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| Related terms: | troubled | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships | |
| Synonyms: | maladjusted | |
| Related terms: | neurotic | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] lacking order or stability | |
| Synonyms: | unsettled | |
| Examples: | "these unsettled times" |
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| Related terms: | unstable | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] affected with madness or insanity | |
| Synonyms: | mad crazy sick unhinged distracted unbalanced demented brainsick | |
| Examples: | "a man who had gone mad" |
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| Related terms: | insane | |
| Similar spelling: |
disturb disturber disturbance distributed distorted disturbing distribute distressed distracted distress disturbingly distractedly distributive dioestrual dioestrous distributor distributer distressing distressful distort |
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