"disturbed" in the verb sense

1. disturb, upset, trouble

move deeply

"This book upset me"

"A troubling thought"

2. agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up

change the arrangement or position of

3. touch, disturb

tamper with

"Don't touch my CDs!"

4. interrupt, disturb

destroy the peace or tranquility of

"Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"

5. disturb

damage as if by shaking or jarring

"Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!"

"disturbed" in the adjective sense

1. disturbed

having the place or position changed

"the disturbed books and papers on her desk"

"disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed"

2. disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried

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"

3. disturbed, maladjusted

emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships

4. brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged

affected with madness or insanity

"a man who had gone mad"

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