adj, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of disturb form-of, participle, past

Adjective

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

   "disturbed boy"

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

   "disturbed soil"

Adjective

1. 1
   emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships wordnet
2. 2
   having the place or position changed wordnet
3. 3
   affected with madness or insanity wordnet
4. 4
   afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

disarrangeddisquietedneuroticabashedabroadadrift

Antonyms

All antonyms

calmcarefreeimperturbable

Example

More examples

"The radio is disturbed by noises."

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