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disturbed

adjective

emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships

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Word Facts

Word length
9
Starts with
D
Ends with
D
Contains
IS
Scrabble score
13
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

dɪsˈtɜːbd

Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships

adjective

  1. having the place or position changed

    “the disturbed books and papers on her desk”

adjective

  1. affected with madness or insanity

    “a man who had gone mad”

adjective

  1. afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief

    “too upset to say anything”

In context

Example Sentences

the disturbed books and papers on her desk
disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed
a man who had gone mad
too upset to say anything
spent many disquieted moments
distressed about her son's leaving home
lapsed into disturbed sleep
worried parents

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