disturbed

1. 1
   adjective

   Very upset or shaken after seeing or hearing something shocking.

   Like when a scary movie leaves you feeling shaky inside for hours.

   She felt deeply disturbed after watching the news report.

   He was disturbed by the strange noises coming from the attic.

   Similarupset, shaken, troubled, unsettled, alarmed

   Oppositeunperturbed, untroubled, unmoved, calm

2. 2
   adjective

   Affected by serious mental or emotional problems.

   The doctor said the patient was deeply disturbed and needed care.

   He played a disturbed character who could not tell real from imagined.

   Similartroubled, unbalanced, unstable

   Oppositestable, balanced

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3. 3
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of disturb. Use it for something that already happened.

   The loud music disturbed the neighbors late at night.

   Nobody disturbed her while she slept.

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4. 4
   adjective

   Moved, mixed, or changed from its original state.

   Like a sandcastle after someone steps on it: the shape is no longer the same.

   The disturbed soil showed where animals had been digging.

   Archaeologists avoid digging in already disturbed ground.

   Similardisrupted, altered

   Oppositeundisturbed, intact, pristine

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