Synonyms of disturbed

disturbed 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in troubled

Related 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

Dissimilar Words

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

2

as in disordered

Related Words

• disordered
• aberrant
• delusional
• delirious
• delusionary
• touched
• eccentric
• demented
• unbalanced
• deranged
• strange
• loopy
• psychotic
• crazed
• mad
• fey
• maniacal
• oddball
• pixilated
• unhinged
• dotty
• odd
• psycho
• cracked
• irrational
• unreasonable
• insane
• foolish
• queer
• mental
• off
• non compos mentis
• distraught
• nutty
• potty
• unsound
• depressed
• daft
• witless
• batty
• loco
• brainsick
• nuts
• berserk
• nuclear
• senseless
• haywire
• teched
• bonkers
• certifiable
• distracted
• ballistic
• obsessed
• bats
• frantic
• hysterical
• wud
• crazy
• fixated
• crackers
• frenzied
• raving
• ape
• monomaniacal
• wigged-out
• amok
• monomaniac
• bananas

Dissimilar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• calmed
• quieted
• soothed
• composed
• settled
• alleviated
• allayed
• assuaged
• tranquilized
• 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
• set
• froze
• anchored
• moored
• rooted
• embedded
• lodged
• entrenched
• implanted
• ingrained

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
• disordered
• deranged
• jumbled
• disheveled
• scrambled
• muddled
• dislocated
• tousled
• disjointed
• mussed
• discomposed
• disarrayed
• mixed (up)
• 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
• marshaled
• lined
• lined up
• fixed
• tidied
• systematized
• codified
• made up
• queued
• 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
• bugged
• irritated
• pestered
• harassed
• troubled
• intruded (upon)
• tormented
• provoked
• angered
• aggravated
• vexed
• irked
• exasperated
• inconvenienced
• chivied
• perturbed
• peeved
• riled
• distressed
• nettled
• gnawed
• persecuted
• plagued
• infuriated
• enraged
• afflicted
• invaded
• agitated
• bedeviled
• outraged
• beset
• incensed
• hassled
• piqued
• fretted
• rankled
• roiled
• besieged
• antagonized
• dogged
• chafed
• galled
• grated
• beleaguered
• rasped
• maddened
• put out
• inflamed
• encroached
• got
• trespassed
• dunned
• infringed
• obtruded
• cut in (on)
• deviled
• 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
• annoyed
• angered
• discommoded
• disobliged
• burdened
• hindered
• hampered
• impeded
• inhibited
• provoked
• obstructed
• aggravated
• vexed
• handicapped
• encumbered
• irked
• perturbed
• exasperated
• tied up
• riled
• agitated
• saddled
• bugged
• interfered (with)
• fettered
• shackled
• hobbled
• piqued
• held back
• inflamed
• peeved
• nettled
• chafed
• galled
• held up
• hamstrung
• trammeled
• got
• grated
• manacled

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disturbed

Adjective

Though they were given the same information, people were substantially more disturbed when the other person’s belief was framed as incorrect. — Andras Molnar, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026

These were actors, hired to play the disturbed as a cover story for something even more disturbing. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026

Verb

The bay contains bioluminescent plankton that creates a blue-green glow in the water when disturbed. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026

These graves, like those officially commemorated on Higgs Beach, likely hadn’t been disturbed during the fort’s construction. — Victoria Davies, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026