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disturbed

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dis·turbed  (d-stûrbd)
adj.
Showing signs or symptoms of mental or emotional illness: crimes that could only be committed by a disturbed person.

disturbed [dɪˈstɜːbd]
adj
(Psychiatry) Psychiatry emotionally upset, troubled, or maladjusted
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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.disturbeddisturbed - 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"
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.disturbeddisturbed - emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships
psychoneurotic, neurotic - affected with emotional disorder
4.disturbeddisturbed - affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"
insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"

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 thatme afectó mucho el enterarme de que ...
he was disturbed thatle preocupaba que ... + subjun, le inquietaba que ... + subjun
2. (Psych)
2.1. (= unhappy) [childhood, adolescence] → problemático
children from disturbed backgroundsniños que proceden de hogares con problemas
2.2. (= unbalanced) [person, mind] → trastornado; [behaviour] → desequilibrado
she is very disturbedestá muy trastornadatiene muchos problemas mentales
to be emotionally/mentally disturbedtener trastornos afectivos/mentales
3. (= interrupted) [sleep] → interrumpido
to have a disturbed nightdormir mal
disturbed [dɪˈstɜːrbd] 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, timesunruhig; pregnant women tend to have more disturbed sleep than other peopleSchwangere schlafen oft unruhiger als andere Menschen; separate beds can eliminate disturbed sleepgetrennte Betten können Schlafstörungen verhindern
(Psych: = unbalanced, unhappy) person, behaviour, childhood, backgroundgestört; emotionally/mentally disturbedseelisch/geistig gestört
(= worried) personbeunruhigt, besorgt (→ about, at, by über +acc); he was disturbed that …es beunruhigte or besorgte ihn, dass …; I was disturbed to hear of his accidentich war beunruhigt, als ich von seinem Unfall erfuhr
disturbed [dɪsˈtɜːbd] adjturbato/a
to be emotionally disturbed (Psych) → avere problemi emotivi
to be mentally disturbed (Psych) → essere malato/a di mente
disturbed [dɪsˈtɜːbd] adjturbato/a
to be emotionally disturbed (Psych) → avere problemi emotivi
to be mentally disturbed (Psych) → essere malato/a di mente


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Some of the strange questions put to me by the woman in white, after my ill-considered promise to leave her free to act as she pleased, had suggested the conclusion either that she was naturally flighty and unsettled, or that some recent shock of terror had disturbed the balance of her faculties.
Jupiter, disturbed by the noise of their croaking, inquired the cause of their complaint.
As therefore, in the other imitative arts, the imitation is one when the object imitated is one, so the plot, being an imitation of an action, must imitate one action and that a whole, the structural union of the parts being such that, if any one of them is displaced or removed, the whole will be disjointed and disturbed.
 
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