English adjective: disturbed | |||
1. | disturbed having the place or position changed | ||
Samples | The disturbed books and papers on her desk. Disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed. | ||
Similar | disarranged | ||
Antonyms | arranged, ordered | ||
2. | disturbed afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | disquieted, distressed, upset, worried | ||
Similar | troubled | ||
Antonyms | untroubled | ||
3. | disturbed emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships | ||
Synonyms | maladjusted | ||
Similar | neurotic, psychoneurotic | ||
Antonyms | unneurotic | ||
4. | disturbed affected with madness or insanity | ||
Samples | A man who had gone mad. | ||
Synonyms | brainsick, crazy, demented, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged | ||
Similar | insane | ||
Antonyms | sane | ||