disturbed

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UK/dɪsˈtɜːbd/US/dɪsˈtɝbd/

adjective

Showing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis.

“disturbed boy”

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disarrangeddisquieteddistressedupsetworriedtroubledmaladjustedneurotic
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Meanings

adjectivedisturbed (comparative more disturbed, superlative most disturbed)

comparative more disturbed · superlative most disturbed

  1. Showing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis.

    disturbed boy

    5 more examples

    disturbed child

    disturbed patient

    mentally disturbed

    disturbed state

    He felt deeply disturbed after hearing the news.

  2. Extremely alarmed; shocked.
  3. Having been altered or changed.

    disturbed soil

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of disturb

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving the place or position changed

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disarranged

adjectiveafflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief

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disquieteddistressedupsetworriedtroubled

adjectiveemotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships

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maladjustedneuroticpsychoneurotic

adjectiveaffected with madness or insanity

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brainsickcrazydementedmadsickunbalancedunhingedinsane
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anxiousbrainsickcrazydementeddisquieteddistressedinsanemadmad as a hattermaladjustednervousnervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairsneuroticpsychoneuroticsicktied in knotsturbidtwistedunbalanceduneasyunhingedupsetverklemptworried

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Czech narušený
  • narušenýshowing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis
Dutch gestoord
  • gestoordshowing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis
German gestört
  • gestörtshowing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis
Hungarian zavart
  • zavartshowing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis
Latin sollicitus
  • sollicitusextremely alarmed
Spanish trastornado
  • trastornadoshowing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis
Swedish störd
  • stördshowing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis

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Cite this entry
APA

disturbed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disturbed

MLA

“disturbed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disturbed. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disturbed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disturbed.

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