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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
   "lapsed into disturbed sleep";
   - disquieted, distressed, upset, worried, cut up [informal]
    
3. Emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships
   - maladjusted
    
4. Affected with madness or insanity
   "a man who had gone disturbed";
   - brainsick, crazy, demented, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged

1. Cause profound worry; make to feel uncomfortable or anxious
   - upset, trouble
    
2. Change the arrangement or position of
   - agitate, vex, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
    
3. Tamper with
   "Don't disturb my CDs!";
   - touch
    
4. Destroy the peace or tranquility of
   "Don't disturb me when I'm reading";
   - interrupt
    
5. Damage as if by shaking or jarring
   "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!"

See also: disarranged, insane, neurotic, psychoneurotic, troubled

Type of: act, affect, alter, change, damage, displace, impress, modify, move, strike

Encyclopedia: Disturbed