disturbed
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Affected with mental or emotional instability: Describes a state of being mentally unwell, experiencing psychological distress, or having a condition that impairs normal functioning.
- Anxious, troubled, or unsettled: Refers to a feeling of worry, unease, or emotional distress.
- Interrupted or disordered: Indicates that the normal state, arrangement, or peace of something has been disrupted or changed.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective (Mental/Emotional State):
- The patient was deeply disturbed and required professional care.
- She felt disturbed by the violent images in the news.
- Adjective (Anxious/Troubled):
- He had a disturbed look on his face after hearing the bad news.
- The constant noise left her feeling disturbed and unable to concentrate.
- Adjective (Interrupted/Disordered):
- The crime scene was left disturbed.
- The archaeologist noted the disturbed soil, indicating possible previous excavation.
Advanced Usage
- "emotionally disturbed": A clinical or descriptive term for someone experiencing significant emotional or behavioral problems.
- The school has a program for emotionally disturbed youth.
- "disturbed sleep": Sleep that is not restful due to interruptions, nightmares, or anxiety.
- The stress led to a night of disturbed sleep.
Variants and Related Words
- Disturb (verb): To interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; to agitate mentally or emotionally.
- Please do not disturb the meeting.
- The news disturbed him greatly.
- Disturbing (adjective): Causing anxiety, unease, or worry; unsettling.
- It was a disturbing film with a violent theme.
- Disturbance (noun): An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; a disruption.
- The loud music created a disturbance in the neighborhood.
Synonyms
- Troubled: Anxious or distressed.
- Unsettled: Not calm or stable; disturbed.
- Agitated: Feeling or appearing troubled or nervous.
- Disordered: Not arranged in order; untidy.
Related Phrases
- Deeply disturbed: Very seriously troubled or upset.
- The community was deeply disturbed by the tragedy.
- Mentally disturbed: Having a psychological or psychiatric disorder.
- The defense argued the defendant was mentally disturbed at the time of the crime.
Idioms
- A disturbed mind: A mind that is not psychologically healthy or stable.
- The novel explores the thoughts of a disturbed mind.
- To be disturbed by something: To be made to feel anxious or upset by something.
- She was profoundly disturbed by his accusations.
Adjective
- affected with madness or insanity
- a man who had gone mad
- emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships
- 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
- having the place or position changed
- the disturbed books and papers on her desk
- disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed