disturbed

dis·turbed  (d-stûrbd)

adj.

Showing signs or symptoms of mental or emotional illness: crimes that could only be committed by a disturbed person.

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disturbed [dɪˈstɜːbd]

adj

(Psychiatry) Psychiatry emotionally upset, troubled, or maladjusted

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	disturbed - having the place or position changed; "the disturbed books and papers on her desk"; "disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed" disarranged - having the arrangement disturbed; not in order; "her disarranged hair"
	2.	disturbed - afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "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" disquieted, upset, worried, distressed troubled - characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need; "troubled areas"; "fell into a troubled sleep"; "a troubled expression"; "troubled teenagers"
	3.	disturbed - emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships maladjusted psychoneurotic, neurotic - affected with emotional disorder
	4.	disturbed - affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad" brainsick, crazy, demented, unhinged, unbalanced, mad, sick insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"

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disturbed

adjective

1. (Psychiatry) unbalanced, troubled, disordered, unstable, neurotic, upset, deranged, unsound, maladjusted The murderer was apparently mentally disturbed.
unbalanced balanced, untroubled

2. worried, concerned, troubled, upset, bothered, nervous, anxious, uneasy, agitated, disquieted, apprehensive, antsy (informal), angsty (informal) I was disturbed to find that the dog was dead.
worried calm, untroubled, unfazed (informal), collected, self-possessed

Translations

disturbed [dɪsˈtɜːbd] ADJ

1. (= worried) → preocupado, angustiado; (= upset) → afectado
I was disturbed to hear that → me afectó mucho el enterarme de que ...
he was disturbed that → le preocupaba que ... + subjun, le inquietaba que ... + subjun

2. (Psych)

2.1. (= unhappy) [childhood, adolescence] → problemático
children from disturbed backgrounds → niños que proceden de hogares con problemas

2.2. (= unbalanced) [person, mind] → trastornado; [behaviour] → desequilibrado
she is very disturbed → está muy trastornada → tiene muchos problemas mentales
to be emotionally/mentally disturbed → tener trastornos afectivos/mentales

3. (= interrupted) [sleep] → interrumpido
to have a disturbed night → dormir mal

disturbed [dɪˈstɜː^rbd] adj

(= anxious, worried) [person] → agité(e), troublé(e)
to be disturbed that ... → être inquiet/iète que ...
to be disturbed about sth → être perturbé(e) par qch

(= unhappy) [childhood, relationship] → perturbé(e), troublé(e); [background] → instable

(= traumatised, damaged) [person] → perturbé(e)
to be mentally disturbed → avoir des problèmes psychologiques
to be emotionally disturbed → avoir des problèmes affectifs

[sleep] → agité(e)

disturbed

adj

(= interrupted, turbulent) night, times → unruhig; pregnant women tend to have more disturbed sleep than other people → Schwangere schlafen oft unruhiger als andere Menschen; separate beds can eliminate disturbed sleep → getrennte Betten können Schlafstörungen verhindern

(Psych: = unbalanced, unhappy) person, behaviour, childhood, background → gestört; emotionally/mentally disturbed → seelisch/geistig gestört

(= worried) person → beunruhigt, besorgt (→ about, at, by über +acc); he was disturbed that … → es beunruhigte or besorgte ihn, dass …; I was disturbed to hear of his accident → ich war beunruhigt, als ich von seinem Unfall erfuhr

disturbed [dɪsˈtɜːbd] adj → turbato/a
to be emotionally disturbed (Psych) → avere problemi emotivi
to be mentally disturbed (Psych) → essere malato/a di mente

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disturbed [dɪsˈtɜːbd] adj → turbato/a
to be emotionally disturbed (Psych) → avere problemi emotivi
to be mentally disturbed (Psych) → essere malato/a di mente