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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
      1913 webster

            preparing to disturb
            with all-cofounding war the realms above. --cowper.
      1913 webster

            the bellow's noise disturbed his quiet rest.
                                                  --spenser.
      1913 webster

            the utmost which the discontented colonies could do,
            was to disturb authority.             --burke.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   3. to turn from a regular or designed course. obs.
      1913 webster

            and disturb
            his inmost counsels from their destined aim.
                                                  --milton.

   syn: to disorder; disquiet; agitate; discompose; molest;
        perplex; trouble; incommode; ruffle.
        1913 webster
see also:
disturbed disturbing turbid 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
disturbed
     adj 1: having the place or position changed; "the disturbed books
            and papers on her desk"; "disturbed grass showed where
            the horse had passed"
     2: 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" syn: disquieted, distressed, upset, worried
     3: emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with
        personal relationships syn: maladjusted
     4: lacking order or stability; "these unsettled times" syn: unsettled
     5: affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"
        syn: brainsick, crazy, demented, distracted, mad,
         sick, unbalanced, unhinged
see also:
disquieted distressed upset worried maladjusted unsettled 
brainsick crazy demented distracted mad 
sick unbalanced unhinged 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
178 moby thesaurus words for "disturbed":
   abashed, abroad, adrift, afflicted, aggravated, agitated,
   all-overish, amiss, angry, annoyed, anxious, anxioused up,
   apprehensive, askew, astray, at sea, awry, balled-up, batty, beset,
   bewildered, bonkers, bothered, brain-damaged, brain-injured,
   browned-off, bugged, burnt-up, cast down, catatonic, certifiable,
   chafed, chagrined, chaotic, chapfallen, clueless, cockeyed,
   concerned, confused, convulsed, crazy, depressed, deranged,
   disarranged, discomfited, discomforted, discomposed, disconcerted,
   dislocated, dismayed, disordered, disorderly, disorganized,
   disoriented, disquieted, distracted, distraught, distressed,
   embarrassed, exasperated, excited, fearful, feverish, fidgety,
   flurried, flustered, fluttered, foreboding, fussed, galled, griped,
   guessing, haywire, hung up, hypochondriac, hysteric, ill at ease,
   in a fix, in a jumble, in a maze, in a pickle, in a pother,
   in a pucker, in a scrape, in a stew, in a sweat, in a swivet,
   in a tizzy, in disorder, insane, irked, irritated, jittery,
   jumbled, jumpy, lost, mad, maladjusted, manic-depressive, mazed,
   mentally ill, mentally sick, miffed, misgiving, misplaced,
   mixed-up, mortified, nervous, nervy, nettled, neurasthenic,
   neurotic, nuts, off the track, on tenterhooks, on the fritz,
   out of countenance, out of gear, out of joint, out of kelter,
   out of kilter, out of order, out of place, out of tune,
   out of whack, overanxious, overapprehensive, paranoiac, paranoid,
   peeved, perplexed, perturbed, phobic, piqued, provoked,
   psychasthenic, psychoneurotic, psychopathic, psychotic, put-out,
   put-upon, rattled, resentful, restless, riled, roiled, roily,
   ruffled, schiz, schizoid, schizophrenic, schizy, screwy, shaken,
   shaken up, shook, shuffled, solicitous, stirred up, strained,
   suspenseful, tense, troubled, troublous, turbid, turbulent,
   turned around, unbalanced, uncomfortable, uneasy, unpeaceful,
   unquiet, unsettled, upset, vexed, without a clue, worried,
   zealous





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