Meaning & Definition of Disturbed in English

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"

3. Emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships

4. Affected with madness or insanity

• "A man who had gone mad"