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disturbed

[ dih-sturbd ]

adjective

  1. marked by symptoms of mental illness:

    a disturbed personality.

  2. agitated or distressed; disrupted:

    disturbed seas; a disturbed situation.



noun

(used with a plural verb)
  1. Usually the disturbed. persons who exhibit symptoms of neurosis or psychosis.

disturbed

/ ɪˈɜː /

adjective

  1. psychiatry emotionally upset, troubled, or maladjusted
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ܲ·徱·ٳܰ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of disturbed1

First recorded in 1585–95; disturb + -ed 2
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Low-frequency noise has disturbed residents in other places in the past.

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The mineral, once widely-used in building materials, releases toxic fibres into the air when disturbed that can cling to the lungs and - over decades - cause cancer.

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We would be disturbed by the same things.

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When a mentally disturbed neighbor sets herself on fire and a slumlord tries to extort money from them, the family gets tangled in the corruption that keeps a stranglehold on the slum’s inhabitants.

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He’s distinctly his own strange and strangely disturbed character.

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