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- Dictionarydisturbed/dɪˈstəːbd/
adjective
- 1. having had the normal pattern or functioning disrupted: "disturbed sleep" Similar Opposite
- 2. having or resulting from emotional and mental problems: "the treatment of disturbed children" Similar Opposite
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DISTURBED definition: 1. not thinking or behaving normally because of mental or emotional problems: 2. not thinking or…. Learn more.
How to use disturbed in a sentence. experiencing or exhibiting emotional disturbance or agitation : having a mental disability or illness… See the full definition
If something is disturbed, it's been moved or changed — it's not positioned or functioning the way it usually does. Traveling across the globe gives many people disturbed sleep patterns.
to move or change something from its usual position, arrangement, condition, or shape: The thief had disturbed the documents in her filing cabinet, but nothing had been taken. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of disturb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
1. a. : to interfere with : interrupt. disturbing the flow of traffic. b. : to alter the position or arrangement of. the items on her desk had been disturbed. c. : to upset the natural and especially the ecological balance or relations of. wetlands disturbed by development. 2. a. : to destroy the tranquility or composure of.
1. adjective. A disturbed person is very upset emotionally, and often needs special care or treatment. ...working with severely emotionally disturbed children. The murderer was apparently mentally disturbed. 2. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE, oft ADJECTIVE that, ADJECTIVE to-infinitive]
to interfere with; interrupt; hinder: Please do not disturb me when I'm working. to interfere with the arrangement, order, or harmony of; disarrange: to disturb the papers on her desk. to perplex; trouble: to be disturbed by strange behavior.
Disturbed definition: marked by symptoms of mental illness. See examples of DISTURBED used in a sentence.
Disturbed can be used to describe somebody who has problems with mental health because of very unhappy or unpleasant experiences: He works with emotionally disturbed children. Insane is a formal or old-fashioned term used in the past to describe somebody with a serious mental illness.
Adjective. Verb. Filter. adjective. Unsettled, broken up, or altered in structure or function. Disturbed soil. American Heritage Medicine. Mentally or emotionally upset or unbalanced. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Showing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis. Wiktionary. Extremely surprised; shocked. Wiktionary.
