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- Dictionarydisturbed/dɪˈstəːbd/
adjective
- 1. having had the normal pattern or functioning disrupted: "disturbed sleep" Similar Opposite
- 2. having or resulting from emotional and mental problems: "the treatment of disturbed children" Similar Opposite
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DISTURBED definition: 1. not thinking or behaving normally because of mental or emotional problems: 2. not thinking or…. Learn more.
The meaning of DISTURBED is experiencing or exhibiting emotional disturbance or agitation : having a mental disability or illness. How to use disturbed in a sentence.
to cause someone to stop what the person is doing, or to interrupt an activity: Please don’t disturb Jimmy – he’s trying to do his homework. disturb verb [T] (WORRY)
Disturbed definition: marked by symptoms of mental illness. See examples of DISTURBED used in a sentence.
verb. to intrude on; interrupt. to destroy or interrupt the quietness or peace of. to disarrange; muddle. often passive to upset or agitate; trouble. I am disturbed at your bad news. to inconvenience; put out. don't disturb yourself on my account.
If something is disturbed, it's been moved or changed — it's not positioned or functioning the way it usually does. Traveling across the globe gives many people disturbed sleep patterns.
Disturbed can be used to describe somebody who has problems with mental health because of very unhappy or unpleasant experiences: He works with emotionally disturbed children. Insane is a formal or old-fashioned term used in the past to describe somebody with a serious mental illness.
