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English Dictionary: disturbed	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disturbed adj having the place or position changed; "the disturbed books and papers on her desk"; "disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed" 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" Synonym(s): disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships Synonym(s): disturbed, maladjusted affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad" Synonym(s): brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disturb \Disturb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disturbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disturbing}.] [OE. desturben, destourben, OF. destorber, desturber, destourber, fr. L. disturbare, disturbatum; dis- + turbare to disturb, trouble, turba disorder, tumult, crowd. See {Turbid}.] 1. To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest. Preparing to disturb With all-cofounding war the realms above. --Cowper. The bellow's noise disturbed* his quiet rest. --Spenser. The utmost which the discontented colonies could do, was to disturb authority. --Burke. 2. To agitate the mind of; to deprive of tranquillity; to disquiet; to render uneasy; as, a person is disturbed by receiving an insult, or his mind is disturbed by envy. 3. To turn from a regular or designed course. [Obs.] And disturb His inmost counsels from their destined aim. --Milton. Syn: To disorder; disquiet; agitate; discompose; molest; perplex; trouble; incommode; ruffle.