Disturbed - English meaning

verb

Make (someone) troubled or nervous.

Usage examples:

The thought of questioning toby agitated him extremely

verb

To argue energetically, esp. in public, in order to achieve a particular type of change

Usage examples:

Telephone companies began to agitate for permission to compete in long distance services., any ment…

verb

To make someone feel worried or angry

Usage examples:

I didn't want to agitate her by telling her.

noun

An anxious awareness of danger.

Usage examples:

The boat tilted and the boatmen cried out in alarm

verb

Make (someone) feel frightened, disturbed, or in danger.

noun

Sudden anxiety and fear, esp. that something very bad or dangerous might happen

Usage examples:

Nicholas detected a note of alarm in her voice., firefighters said the tragedy could have been avoi…

verb

Cause (someone) to become perplexed and confused.

Usage examples:

She was bewildered by his sudden change of mood

verb

To confuse someone

Usage examples:

The instructions completely bewildered me.

verb

Take the trouble to do something.

Usage examples:

Scientists rarely bother with such niceties

noun

Effort, trouble, or difficulty.

Usage examples:

He saved me the bother of having to come up with a speech

exclamation

Used to express mild irritation or impatience.

Usage examples:

‘bother!’ she muttered

adjective

Past participle of break1.

verb

Separate or cause to separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain.

Usage examples:

The branch broke with a loud snap

adjective

Past participle of break

Usage examples:

My camera is broken., a broken line, he spoke very broken english., after his wife's death, he seem…

verb

Relate to; be about.

Usage examples:

The story concerns a friend of mine

noun

Anxiety; worry.

Usage examples:

Carole gazed at her with concern

verb

To trouble someone with feelings of anxiety; worry

Usage examples:

The loss didn’t bother him, but his team’s confidence concerns him., this is an issue that should c…

verb

Cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by not according with their expectations.

Usage examples:

The inflation figure confounded economic analysts

exclamation

Used to express anger or annoyance.

Usage examples:

Oh confound it, where is the thing?

verb

To confuse and very much surprise someone, so that they are unable to explain or deal with a situation

Usage examples:

Confound someone by doing something a man has confounded doctors by recovering after he was officia…

verb

Make (someone) bewildered or perplexed.

Usage examples:

Past and present blurred together, confusing her still further

verb

To cause someone to feel uncertain or unclear, or to make something difficult to understand

Usage examples:

You’re confusing me – please repeat the directions more slowly., you’re confusing me with my sister…

verb

To mix up someone's mind or ideas, or to make something difficult to understand

Usage examples:

You're confusing him! tell him slowly and one thing at a time., stop confusing the issue (= making …

verb

Suffer violent involuntary contraction of the muscles, producing contortion of the body or limbs.

Usage examples:

She convulsed, collapsing to the floor with the pain

verb

To shake violently, or to cause someone to shake without control

Usage examples:

[ i ] the audience convulsed with laughter., convulsive laughter/sobs

verb

To (cause to) shake violently with sudden uncontrolled movements

Usage examples:

To convulse with pain, a racking cough convulsed her whole body.

verb

(especially of an emotional or physical shock) make (someone) unable to think or react properly.

Usage examples:

She was dazed by his revelations

noun

A state of stunned confusion or bewilderment.

Usage examples:

He was walking around in a daze

noun

Unable to think clearly

Usage examples:

She was wandering around in a daze this morning.

verb

Make untidy or disordered.

Usage examples:

Had any of the statues been removed or disarranged?

verb

To make something untidy

verb

Make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed.

Usage examples:

He was not noticeably discomfited by her tone

verb

To make someone feel uncomfortable, especially mentally

verb

Disturb the composure of; unsettle.

Usage examples:

The abrupt change of subject disconcerted her

verb

To make someone feel suddenly uncertain or worried

Usage examples:

He was disconcerted by all the attention he was getting., so this deliberate lack of interest in no…

verb

To make someone feel suddenly uncertain and worried

Usage examples:

The whole experience had disconcerted him.

adjective

Having had a connection broken.

Usage examples:

He expected the disconnected phone to start ringing

verb

Break the connection of or between.

Usage examples:

If the axle unit is partially disconnected from the body, the car should not be driven

adjective

Not related, or not having any clear purpose or pattern

Usage examples:

These are disconnected events, of no wider significance., disconnected thoughts, we have become dis…

adjective

Having intervals or gaps.

Usage examples:

A person with a discontinuous employment record

adjective

With breaks, or stopping and starting again

Usage examples:

A discontinuous process

noun

Concern and distress caused by something unexpected.

Usage examples:

To his dismay, she left him

verb

Cause (someone) to feel concern and distress.

Usage examples:

They were dismayed by the u-turn in policy

noun

A feeling of shock and unhappiness

Usage examples:

She discovered, to her dismay, that she had locked her keys inside her car., they enjoyed the meal …

noun

A state of confusion.

Usage examples:

The world 's currency markets were in disorder

verb

Disrupt the systematic functioning or neat arrangement of.

Usage examples:

They are disordering the political landscape

noun

A state in which objects or conditions are in no particular order; lack of system or planned organization

Usage examples:

The room was in such disorder that she couldn’t find anything., [ c ] a mental/physical disorder, […

adjective

Not neatly arranged; confused and untidy.

Usage examples:

She went to comb her disordered hair

verb

Disrupt the systematic functioning or neat arrangement of.

Usage examples:

They are disordering the political landscape

adjective

Not normal, in a way that is unhealthy

Usage examples:

Disordered thinking/eating, she has been diagnosed as "mentally disordered.", the photograph shows …

verb

Interrupt (an event, activity, or process) by causing a disturbance or problem.

Usage examples:

Flooding disrupted rail services

verb

To prevent something, esp. a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or as expected

Usage examples:

A heavy fall of snow disrupted traffic during the rush hour., [ c ] strikes threaten more disruptio…

verb

To prevent something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or as expected

Usage examples:

Meetings with her lawyers did not disrupt the schedule., commerce could be disrupted in a cyberterr…

verb

Interrupt (an event, activity, or process) by causing a disturbance or problem.

Usage examples:

Flooding disrupted rail services

verb

Past simple and past participle of disrupt

verb

To prevent something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or as expected

Usage examples:

Heavy snow disrupted travel into the city this morning., the meeting was disrupted by a group of pr…

verb

Prevent (someone) from concentrating on something.

Usage examples:

Don't allow noise to distract you from your work

Draw someone's attention away from something

verb

To take someone’s attention away from what that person is doing or should be doing

Usage examples:

She liked to work with the radio playing and said it did not distract her., [ u ] it’s impossible t…

adjective

Very worried and upset.

Usage examples:

Distraught parents looking for a runaway teenager

adjective

Extremely anxious and upset

Usage examples:

We were all distraught over the loss of our homes in the flood.

adjective

Extremely worried, nervous, or upset

Usage examples:

The missing child's distraught parents made an emotional appeal for information on tv.

noun

Extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

Usage examples:

To his distress he saw that she was trembling

verb

Another term for distraint.

noun

Great mental or physical suffering, such as extreme anxiety, sadness, or pain, or the state of being in danger or urgent need

Usage examples:

Emotional/financial distress, four men were rescued from a fishing boat in distress off the coast.,…

adjective

Suffering from extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

Usage examples:

I was distressed at the news of his death

verb

Cause (someone) anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

Usage examples:

I didn't mean to distress you

adjective

Distressed debts, etc. are sold to investors at very low prices because there is a high risk that the company owing them will be unable to pay them back. investors buy them because they hope to get back more from the company owing the money than they have paid for the debts

Usage examples:

The texas-based firm buys distressed assets from financial institutions and liquidates them at a pr…

adjective

Not operating normally or properly.

Usage examples:

The telephones are dysfunctional

adjective

Not behaving or working normally

Usage examples:

A dysfunctional family

adjective

Active or occurring spasmodically or intermittently; not regular or steady.

Usage examples:

A few hours' fitful sleep

adjective

Going off and on irregularly

Usage examples:

Her breathing is fitful.

adjective

Often stopping and starting and not happening in a regular or continuous way

Usage examples:

Fitful breathing, a fitful sleep

verb

Make (someone) agitated or confused.

Usage examples:

There's nothing you can do or say to fluster bernie

noun

An agitated or confused state.

Usage examples:

The main thing is not to get all in a fluster

verb

To make someone nervous or upset, esp. when the person is trying to do something

Usage examples:

Don’t let that new tax form fluster you – it’s not as bad as it looks., if i look flustered it’s be…

adjective

Consisting of small disconnected or incomplete parts.

Usage examples:

Excavations have revealed fragmentary remains of masonry

adjective

Existing only in small parts and not complete

Usage examples:

Tom talks in images that are fast and fragmentary., the surviving evidence is fragmentary.

verb

Make (someone) afraid or anxious.

Usage examples:

The savagery of his thoughts frightened him

verb

To make someone feel fear

Usage examples:

Be quiet or you’ll frighten the deer., she was too frightened to enter the room alone.

verb

Subject to aggressive pressure or intimidation.

Usage examples:

Being harassed at work can leave you feeling confused and helpless

verb

Annoy continually or chronically

verb

To annoy or trouble someone repeatedly

Usage examples:

He claimed that the police continued to harass foreign journalists., she felt she was being harasse…

noun

Irritating inconvenience.

Usage examples:

The hassle of child care

verb

Harass; pester.

Usage examples:

You want to sit and relax and not get hassled

noun

A situation that causes difficulty or trouble, or an argument

Usage examples:

Bad weather was the major hassle during our trip., i got into a hassle with my father about being l…

adjective

Past and past participle of hang.

verb

Suspend or be suspended from above with the lower part dangling free.

Usage examples:

That's where people are supposed to hang their washing

Past simple and past participle of hang

adjective

Occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady.

Usage examples:

Intermittent rain

adjective

Not happening regularly or continuously; stopping and starting repeatedly or with long periods in between

Usage examples:

It rained intermittently all day.

verb

Stop the continuous progress of (an activity or process).

Usage examples:

The buzzer interrupted his thoughts

verb

To stop someone from speaking by saying or doing something, or to cause an activity or event to stop briefly

Usage examples:

[ i ] please don’t interrupt until i’m finished., [ t ] the picnic was interrupted by a rain shower…

adjective

(of a compound leaf or other plant organ) made discontinuous by smaller interposed leaflets or intervals of bare stem.

Usage examples:

Note the displacement of the blade/sheath boundary and the interrupted ligule line.

verb

Stop the continuous progress of (an activity or process).

Usage examples:

The buzzer interrupted his thoughts

verb

Past simple and past participle of interrupt

Usage examples:

She tried to explain what had happened but he kept interrupting her., i wish you'd stop interruptin…

noun

A condition of disorder and confusion, or something in that condition

Usage examples:

They left the kitchen a mess., we sat in traffic for two hours while they cleaned up the mess from …

adjective

Failing to cope with the demands of a normal social environment.

Usage examples:

A home for maladjusted youths

adjective

A maladjusted person, usually a child, has been raised in a way that does not prepare them well for the demands of life, which often leads to problems with behaviour in the future

Usage examples:

A residential school for disturbed and maladjusted children

verb

Assault or abuse (a person, especially a woman or child) sexually.

Usage examples:

He was charged with molesting and taking obscene photographs of a ten-year-old boy

verb

Harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to

verb

To touch someone sexually when it is not wanted

Usage examples:

Allegations (= accusations) of drug abuse and child molestation., a child molester

verb

Bring into a disordered or confusing state.

Usage examples:

I fear he may have muddled the message

noun

An untidy and disorganized state or collection.

Usage examples:

The finances were in a muddle

noun

A messy and confused state

Usage examples:

Her life was in a muddle.

adjective

Having, caused by, or relating to neurosis.

Usage examples:

Thus, by putting the patient in contact with his phantasy world, psychoanalysis offers a special se…

noun

A neurotic person.

Usage examples:

I wasn't going to be labelled as a hypochondriac or neurotic

adjective

Related to or having unreasonable anxiety or unusual behavior

Usage examples:

A deep-seated neurotic fear of flying

verb

Make (someone) feel completely baffled.

Usage examples:

She was perplexed by her husband's moodiness

verb

To cause someone to be confused or uncertain over something that is not understood

Usage examples:

The symptoms of the disease have continued to perplex her doctors., just when it appeared that inte…

verb

To confuse and worry someone slightly by being difficult to understand or solve

Usage examples:

The disease has continued to perplex doctors.

verb

Make (someone) anxious or unsettled.

Usage examples:

They were perturbed by her capricious behaviour

verb

Trouble or annoy (someone) with frequent or persistent requests or interruptions.

Usage examples:

She constantly pestered him with telephone calls

verb

To annoy someone by doing or asking for something repeatedly

Usage examples:

The kids keep pestering me to buy them a new video game.

noun

A contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes (bubonic plague) and sometimes infection of the lungs (pneumonic plague).

Usage examples:

Person-to-person spread of bubonic or septicemic plague does not occur; however, pneumonic plague i…

verb

A contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes ( bubonic plague ) and sometimes infection of the lungs ( pneumonic plague ).

verb

To cause someone or something difficulty or suffering, esp. repeatedly or continually

Usage examples:

Financial problems have been plaguing the company., that pain in my shoulder is plaguing me again.,…

verb

Change the position of.

Usage examples:

She rearranged her skirt as she sat back in her chair

verb

To change the order, position, or time of arrangements already made

Usage examples:

Our bedrooms are so small we can’t rearrange the furniture., [ c ] there was a last-minute rearrang…

verb

Disorder or disarrange (someone's hair), typically by running one's hands through it.

Usage examples:

The father laughs and jovially ruffles his son's hair

noun

A strip of lace or other material, gathered along one edge to make an ornamental frill on a garment or other piece of fabric.

Usage examples:

The garment is often trimmed with lace, ruffles, bows and ribbons, optionally with spaghetti straps.

verb

To make someone upset or nervous or reduce someone’s confidence

Usage examples:

[ t ] it ruffled her composure, and she did not know how to respond., a sudden, strong breeze ruffl…

verb

(of a structure or area of land) tremble or vibrate.

Usage examples:

Buildings shook in sacramento and tremors were felt in reno

noun

An act of shaking.

Usage examples:

She gave her red curls a shake

verb

Move or cause to move back and forth

verb

Cause to feel sudden shock or alarm.

Usage examples:

A sudden sound in the doorway startled her

verb

Surprise greatly

verb

To surprise a person or animal

Usage examples:

She startled him when she said hello., we’ve made some startling discoveries.

noun

Difficulty or problems.

Usage examples:

I had trouble finding somewhere to park

verb

Cause distress or anxiety to.

Usage examples:

He was not troubled by doubts

noun

A problem, or difficulties

Usage examples:

[ u ] trouble began when he came to live with us., [ c ] she thought her troubles would be over whe…

adjective

Beset by problems or difficulties.

Usage examples:

His troubled private life

verb

Cause distress or anxiety to.

Usage examples:

He was not troubled by doubts

adjective

Having problems or difficulties

Usage examples:

Peace has finally come to this troubled region after many years., the children were not troubled wh…

idiom

To search everywhere for something, sometimes leaving a place very untidy

Usage examples:

I turned the apartment upside down but i couldn't find the letter., another poor harvest could turn…

adjective

(of a person) emotionally or mentally disturbed.

Usage examples:

She considered him to be mentally unbalanced and dangerous

verb

Make (someone or something) unsteady so that they tip or fall.

Usage examples:

The door almost unbalanced him by swinging open

adjective

Mentally unbalanced; deranged.

Usage examples:

The violent acts of unhinged minds

verb

Make (someone) mentally unbalanced.

Usage examples:

The loneliness had nearly unhinged him

adjective

Mentally ill

Usage examples:

I sometimes think that your mother is a little unhinged.

verb

Cause to feel anxious or uneasy; disturb.

Usage examples:

The crisis has unsettled financial markets

verb

To make someone feel anxious or slightly worried

Usage examples:

Even the most experienced batsmen were unsettled by the speed of this bowler., the legislation does…

adjective

Lacking order or stability.

Usage examples:

An unsettled childhood

verb

Cause to feel anxious or uneasy; disturb.

Usage examples:

The crisis has unsettled financial markets

adjective

Tending to change suddenly; not having a regular pattern

Usage examples:

Things are unsettled in the state’s political arena., the forecast is for unsettled weather, with m…

adjective

Likely to give way; not stable.

Usage examples:

The unstable cliff tops

adjective

Not firm and therefore not strong, safe, or likely to last

Usage examples:

It is a poor and politically unstable country., he’s emotionally unstable – you never know how he’l…

verb

Make (someone) unhappy, disappointed, or worried.

Usage examples:

The accusation upset her

noun

An unexpected result or situation.

Usage examples:

The greatest upset in boxing history

adjective

Unhappy, disappointed, or worried.

Usage examples:

She looked pale and upset

verb

Feel or cause to feel anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems.

Usage examples:

He worried about his soldier sons in the war

noun

The state of being anxious and troubled over actual or potential problems.

Usage examples:

He's demented with worry

verb

To think about problems or unpleasant things that make you anxious, or to make someone feel anxious

Usage examples:

[ i ] if you get a monthly train ticket, you won’t have to worry about buying a ticket every day., …