disturbed Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb move deeply
   disturb; upset; trouble.
   
   • This book upset me
   • A troubling thought
2. verb change the arrangement or position of
   raise up; disturb; commove; stir up; vex; shake up; agitate.
   
3. verb tamper with
   touch; disturb.
   
   • Don't touch my CDs!
4. verb destroy the peace or tranquility of
   interrupt; disturb.
   
   • Don't interrupt me when I'm reading
5. verb damage as if by shaking or jarring
   disturb.
   
   • Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!
6. adjective satellite having the place or position changed
   
   • the disturbed books and papers on her desk
   • disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed
7. adjective satellite afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
   distressed; upset; disquieted; worried.
   
   • 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
8. adjective satellite emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships
   maladjusted.
   
9. adjective satellite affected with madness or insanity
   crazy; unhinged; brainsick; demented; mad; sick; unbalanced.
   
   • a man who had gone mad

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