Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Unsettled, broken up, or altered in structure or function.
- adjective Being or resulting from being emotionally or mentally troubled.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Showing
symptoms ofmental illness , severepsychosis , orneurosis . - adjective Extremely
surprised ;shocked . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
disturb .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective affected with madness or insanity
- adjective emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships
- adjective having the place or position changed
- adjective afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
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Examples
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Cooper, I would not object to your use of the term disturbed psyche in connection with the sensibility profiled here.
Oh my | clusterflock 2009
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The label disturbed her so much for a while that she vowed to abandon her new style of investigative reporting.
'Taking on the Trust: The Epic Battle of Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller' 2008
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The anxious call of his name disturbed his concentration.
Calder Born, Calder Bred Janet Dailey 1983
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The anxious call of his name disturbed his concentration.
Calder Born, Calder Bred Janet Dailey 1983
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Angelica, while obviuosly mentally disturbed, is right!
Matthew Yglesias » Did Haiti Form a Pact With the Devil? 2010
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John R. the escalation of behaviors in disturbed individuals is observed so frequently by mental health professionals that it is always a factor to be considered in evaluations of individuals with problematic behaviors.
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John R. the escalation of behaviors in disturbed individuals is observed so frequently by mental health professionals that it is always a factor to be considered in evaluations of individuals with problematic behaviors.
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I kinda just shut the door on him and ate my food in disturbed silence.
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"So your roommate won't be disturbed, is that it?"
MORE FROM GINNY BATES: MYRA THE WRITER Maggie Jochild 2007
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If you read the comments, it shows that there are quite a few people who are disturbed from the censorship taking place.
Digg Winamp Skin 2007
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