disturbed
having the place or position changed
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,187 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,051 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- having the place or position changed the disturbed books and papers on her deskdisturbed grass showed where the horse had passed
- afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief also: disquieted, distressed, upset, worried too upset to say anythingspent many disquieted moments
- emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships also: maladjusted
- affected with madness or insanity also: brainsick, crazy, demented, mad, sick, unbalanced a man who had gone mad
disturbed in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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But in himself, Gissing was increasingly disturbed.
Where the Blue Begins · Christopher Morley · Chapter 1
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But that always disturbed my temper, and has ever since.
Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters · Abraham Lincoln · Chapter 1
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The girl was setting the table and couldn't be disturbed.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1
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Skirting this grove, they disturbed a herd of deer, which started up, and darted into the valley below.
Windsor Castle · William Harrison Ainsworth · Chapter 1
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And now he saw his household disturbed, the hours of his meals altered, his own importance reduced, his authority even ignored.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1