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disturbed
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
disturbed
(adjective)
disturb
(verb)
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disturbed
/dɪ
ˈ
stɚbd/
adjective
disturbed
/dɪ
ˈ
stɚbd/
adjective
Learner's definition of DISTURBED
[
more disturbed; most disturbed
]
1
:
having or showing evidence of a mental or emotional illness
mentally/emotionally
disturbed
children
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2
:
worried and unhappy
He seems very
disturbed
about his work lately.
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3
of sleep
:
affected by a disturbance
She'd been experiencing
disturbed
sleep. [=sleep that is interrupted]
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