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Adjective disturbed has 5 senses
- disturbed - having the place or position changed; "the disturbed books and papers on her desk"; "disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed"
Antonyms: arranged, ordered (indirect, via disarranged)
- disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried - 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"
Antonym: untroubled (indirect, via troubled)
- disturbed, maladjusted - emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships
Antonym: unneurotic (indirect, via neurotic)
- disturbed, unsettled - lacking order or stability; "these unsettled times"
Antonym: stable (indirect, via unstable)
- brainsick, crazy, demented, distracted, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged - affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"
Antonym: sane (indirect, via insane)
Verb disturb has 5 senses
- disturb, upset, trouble - move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
--1 is one way to affect, impress, move, strike
Sample sentences:
The bad news will disturb him
The performance is likely to disturb Sue
- agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up - change the arrangement or position of
--2 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- touch, disturb - tamper with; "Don't touch my CDs!"
--3 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- interrupt, disturb - destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"
--4 is one way to act, move
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot disturb Sue
- disturb - damage as if by shaking or jarring; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!"
--5 is one way to damage
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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