Synonyms of disturbed

disturbed 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in troubled

Synonyms & Similar Words

• troubled
• perturbed
• agitated
• distressed
• unsettled
• restless
• upset
• unrestful
• worried
• restive
• unquiet
• uneasy
• anxious
• nervous
• uptight
• fidgety
• jumpy
• jittery
• tense
• edgy
• dithery
• nervy
• aflutter
• het up
• hung up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• quiet
• calm
• easy
• restful
• peaceful
• tranquil
• relaxing

2

as in paranoid

Synonyms & Similar Words

• paranoid
• disordered
• neurotic
• schizophrenic
• paranoic
• schizoid
• aberrant
• delusional
• delirious
• sociopathic
• paranoiac
• obsessive-compulsive
• paranoidal
• deranged
• psychotic
• delusionary
• touched
• demented
• eccentric
• crazed
• unbalanced
• unhinged
• loopy
• strange
• tetched
• mad
• cracked
• whacky
• psycho
• whacko
• mental
• fey
• maniacal
• oddball
• pixilated
• maniac
• lunatic
• dotty
• wacko
• screwy
• odd
• crackbrained
• moonstruck
• nutty
• irrational
• bedlam
• loony
• haywire
• cuckoo
• unreasonable
• insane
• foolish
• looney
• pixillated
• daft
• scatty
• non compos mentis
• distraught
• off
• loony tunes
• nuts
• wacky
• batty
• potty
• unsound
• daffy
• depressed
• certifiable
• kooky
• witless
• gaga
• crackpot
• barmy
• berserk
• loco
• cranky
• brainsick
• queer
• hysteric
• bughouse
• senseless
• bonkers
• crazy
• teched
• nuclear
• distracted
• ballistic
• meshugah
• kookie
• balmy
• obsessed
• looney tunes
• bats
• frantic
• meshugge
• meshuga
• hysterical
• fixated
• meshuggah
• wud
• amuck
• frenzied
• ape
• raving
• fruity
• crackers
• monomaniacal
• wigged-out
• monomaniac
• amok
• bananas

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sound
• balanced
• sane
• reasonable
• clear
• rational
• normal
• lucid
• wise
• sensible
• compos mentis
• healthy
• judicious
• uncrazy
• well-adjusted
• unneurotic

disturbed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of disturb

1

as in alarmed

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy

all that talk of war disturbed us

Synonyms & Similar Words

• alarmed
• bothered
• distracted
• worried
• concerned
• agitated
• unsettled
• angered
• upset
• annoyed
• perturbed
• haunted
• distressed
• disquieted
• plagued
• dismayed
• irritated
• discomforted
• unhinged
• confused
• discomposed
• derailed
• frazzled
• flurried
• distempered
• rattled
• embarrassed
• exercised
• weirded out
• ailed
• freaked (out)
• fussed
• aggravated
• undid
• exasperated
• bugged
• harassed
• vexed
• irked
• discouraged
• peeved
• riled
• nettled
• harried
• alarumed
• pestered
• disconcerted
• flustered
• hagrode
• piqued
• chivvied
• mortified
• bedeviled
• fretted
• chafed
• galled
• confounded
• discomfited
• put off
• grated
• nonplussed
• jarred
• unnerved
• put out
• nonplused
• fazed
• abashed
• disheartened
• discountenanced
• got
• dispirited
• chivied
• daunted
• vext
• demoralized
• shook up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• calmed
• quieted
• soothed
• composed
• settled
• alleviated
• allayed
• tranquilized
• tranquillized
• assuaged
• pacified
• appeased
• mollified
• placated
• propitiated
• conciliated

2

as in removed

to change the place or position of

the items on her desk had been disturbed by someone

Synonyms & Similar Words

• removed
• relocated
• transferred
• shifted
• moved
• transported
• dislocated
• displaced
• conveyed
• transposed
• replaced
• repositioned
• hauled
• carried
• budged
• transmitted
• altered
• bore
• transplanted
• superseded
• modified
• supplanted
• drove
• remodeled
• revised
• carted
• varied
• reworked
• toted
• lugged
• remade
• revamped
• made over
• refashioned
• redid

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• secured
• stabilized
• fixed
• froze
• set
• anchored
• moored
• rooted
• embedded
• imbedded
• lodged
• entrenched
• implanted
• ingrained
• intrenched
• engrained

3

as in disrupted

to undo the proper order or arrangement of

her careful filing system is sure to be disturbed during the move

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disrupted
• confused
• shuffled
• upset
• disarranged
• disorganized
• dishevelled
• disordered
• deranged
• jumbled
• disheveled
• scrambled
• muddled
• dislocated
• tousled
• disjointed
• mussed
• discomposed
• mixed (up)
• disarrayed
• snarled
• perturbed
• rumpled
• tangled
• tumbled
• unsettled
• hashed
• messed (up)
• embroiled
• cluttered
• agitated
• entangled
• stirred (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• organized
• disposed
• ordered
• arranged
• regulated
• ranged
• drew up
• aligned
• straightened (up)
• classified
• adjusted
• arrayed
• marshalled
• marshaled
• lined
• lined up
• fixed
• tidied
• alined
• queued
• systematized
• codified
• made up
• groomed
• methodized
• systemized
• spruced (up)
• unscrambled

4

as in bothered

to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation

sorry to disturb you while you're working

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bothered
• worried
• annoyed
• harassed
• bugged
• troubled
• provoked
• tormented
• pestered
• intruded (upon)
• irritated
• angered
• chivvied
• aggravated
• vexed
• exasperated
• chivied
• irked
• inconvenienced
• invaded
• plagued
• perturbed
• distressed
• peeved
• agitated
• riled
• infuriated
• nettled
• gnawed
• persecuted
• enraged
• afflicted
• outraged
• fretted
• bedeviled
• incensed
• beset
• piqued
• rankled
• roiled
• besieged
• antagonized
• dogged
• chafed
• grated
• galled
• got
• beleaguered
• rasped
• maddened
• put out
• hassled
• inflamed
• encroached
• trespassed
• dunned
• infringed
• vext
• enflamed
• cut in (on)
• devilled
• deviled
• obtruded
• butted in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignored
• left
• disregarded
• forgot
• obliged
• slighted
• satisfied
• disarmed
• appeased
• pleased
• delighted
• gratified
• mollified
• placated
• comforted
• contented
• consoled
• conciliated
• gladdened

5

as in weighed

to cause discomfort to or trouble for

please do not disturb yourself—I'll get my own drink

Synonyms & Similar Words

• troubled
• bothered
• weighed
• inconvenienced
• upset
• incommoded
• put out
• angered
• annoyed
• discommoded
• disobliged
• burdened
• hindered
• provoked
• hampered
• impeded
• inhibited
• aggravated
• obstructed
• vexed
• handicapped
• irked
• encumbered
• perturbed
• exasperated
• riled
• tied up
• bugged
• nettled
• agitated
• saddled
• interfered (with)
• fettered
• hamstrung
• shackled
• hobbled
• piqued
• held back
• inflamed
• peeved
• trammelled
• chafed
• galled
• held up
• trammeled
• got
• grated
• manacled
• enflamed
• vext

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• obliged
• favored
• assisted
• aided
• helped
• accommodated
• facilitated
• abetted
• smoothed
• satisfied
• pleased
• delighted
• eased
• disarmed
• gratified
• comforted
• contented
• appeased
• pacified
• mollified
• placated
• consoled
• gladdened
• conciliated

Examples of disturbed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

The dark oxygen is produced because the metallic nodules act like batteries when they are disturbed, similar to the way a conventional battery fizzes when placed into seawater. —Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 July 2024

With six legs and a pair of curved pincers at the back, earwigs have a menacing look and may pinch people if disturbed or frightened. —Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 July 2024

Some compare Trump to Hitler, which just gave license to an emotionally disturbed person to shoot at him and kill and injure other bystanders. —Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024

Those with disturbed sleep are therefore more vulnerable to developing PTSD. —Francine Russo, Scientific American, 7 June 2024