disturbed

disturbed
adjective
1. having the place or position changed (Freq. 2)
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the disturbed books and papers on her desk

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disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed

Similar to: ↑disarranged
2. afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief (Freq. 1)
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too upset to say anything

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spent many disquieted moments

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distressed about her son's leaving home

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lapsed into disturbed sleep

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worried parents

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a worried frown

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one last worried check of the sleeping children

Syn: ↑disquieted, ↑distressed, ↑upset, ↑worried
Similar to: ↑troubled
3. emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships (Freq. 1)
Syn: ↑maladjusted
Similar to: ↑neurotic, ↑psychoneurotic
4. affected with madness or insanity
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a man who had gone mad

Syn:
brainsick, ↑crazy, ↑demented, ↑mad, ↑sick, ↑unbalanced, ↑unhinged
Similar to: ↑insane
Derivationally related forms: ↑sick (for: ↑sick), ↑madness (for: ↑mad), ↑dementedness (for: ↑demented), ↑craze (for: ↑crazy), ↑craziness (for: ↑crazy)

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