dis·turbed

(dĭ-stûrbd′)

adj.

1. Unsettled, broken up, or altered in structure or function: disturbed soil.

2. Being or resulting from being emotionally or mentally troubled: taught disturbed children; sent disturbed messages.

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disturbed

(dɪˈstɜːbd)

adj

(Psychiatry) psychiatry emotionally upset, troubled, or maladjusted

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dis•turbed

(dɪˈstɜrbd)

adj.

1. marked by symptoms of mental illness.

2. agitated or distressed; disrupted.

[1585–95]

disturb

– disturbed

1. 'disturb'

If you disturb someone, you interrupt what they are doing and cause them inconvenience.

If she's asleep, don't disturb her.

Sorry to disturb you, but can I use your telephone?

2. 'disturbed'

The adjective disturbed has a different meaning. A disturbed person is very upset emotionally and often needs special care or treatment. When disturbed has this meaning, it comes in front of a noun.

They help emotionally disturbed youngsters.

If someone is disturbed, they are very worried. When disturbed has this meaning, it comes after a linking verb.

He was disturbed by the news of the attack.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

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"

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

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Translations

mentalmente disturbato turbato

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

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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

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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