disturbed

Definition

  • adjective: having or showing evidence of a mental or emotional illness
  • adjective: showing symptoms of emotional illness
  • synonyms: insane, psychoneurotic, neurotic

Examples

  • The police ordered that nothing be 'disturbed' in the room. [=that nothing be touched or moved]

  • She 'was disturbed' to learn that her son was failing one of his classes.

  • She'd been experiencing 'disturbed' sleep. [=sleep that is interrupted]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Why do you have to go and see her? Because I said Jen was dead, that time. Oh yeah. Yeah. That'll be it. She said it was something only a severely disturbed person would do. And that now, I have to spend a lot of time in therapy. Isn't that great? Oh well, yes, that's... That's clearly terrific. (..)
    2006 TvShow: The IT Crowd Title: Aunt Irma Visits Season: 1 Episode 6