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as in troubled
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as in disordered
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as in alarmed
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
all that talk of war disturbed us
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as in removed
to change the place or position of
the items on her desk had been disturbed by someone
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as in disrupted
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
her careful filing system is sure to be disturbed during the move
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as in bothered
to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation
sorry to disturb you while you're working
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as in weighed
to cause discomfort to or trouble for
please do not disturb yourself—I'll get my own drink
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Recent Examples of disturbed
Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2026
This is even more likely to occur if the plant’s roots were heavily disturbed or pruned during the repotting process.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Feb. 2026
Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 20 Feb. 2026
Matkom was disturbed by the residents' testimony.
—Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 16 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
Zane stars as a disturbed kidnapper whose victims escape into the real world for the first time.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2026
This is even more likely to occur if the plant’s roots were heavily disturbed or pruned during the repotting process.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
Just like a stationary pendulum, when nudged, returns to its stationary state, a quantum system, too, when disturbed, returns to its balanced state.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 20 Feb. 2026
Matkom was disturbed by the residents' testimony.
—Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 16 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disturbed
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The Van Gogh attribution, for instance, was subsequently matched by more conventional research, including technical analyses and studies of the artist’s letters (museum experts concluded that the portrait’s unusually dampened colors simply reflected Van Gogh’s troubled mental state at the time).—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
9 Mar. 2026
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Her panel’s core thesis is that historically, in troubled times, people rewrite the rules, build better systems and make things better.—
Ramon Ramirez,
Austin American Statesman,
8 Mar. 2026
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Unlike traditional steel, which has a crystalline atomic structure, amorphous steel has a disordered atomic arrangement.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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But intrinsically disordered proteins, a category that includes these nucleoporins, don’t have a single structure.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
9 Mar. 2026
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But though an -itis can sound intense, there’s still no reason to be alarmed (or, again, to rub your eyes).—
Annie Blay-Tettey,
Allure,
5 Mar. 2026
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Rinehart’s comments alarmed some AP journalists.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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When Wondra was removed from his cell and placed on suicide watch, Crimin said, his possessions were boxed up.—
Alex Brizee
March 3,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Mar. 2026
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After receiving permission from the government, Brevard County Public Works removed 10,000 pounds of concrete to create an opening large enough to extract the animal.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
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The conflict has disrupted energy production in the Middle East and led to a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping route.—
Chloe Taylor,Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2026
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The conflict has also disrupted airspace across parts of the Middle East, forcing airlines to reroute flights, particularly between Europe and Asia, along longer routes that burn more fuel and keep aircraft in the air for longer.—
Scott Campbell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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The state party chairman responded that his letter was not aimed at any specific candidate, and that he was not bothered that most candidates did not heed his call to exit the race.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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The Neo is a product that was once unthinkable from a company that spent years panning the idea of netbooks and never bothered to make a budget laptop of its own.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
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During holidays, the Italian bakeries on Franklin Avenue used vast amounts of raw milk and cream, so the truck would have dozens of those old style 10-gallon cans that weighed just under 100 pounds full.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
8 Mar. 2026
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Surging oil prices have weighed heavily on stocks in recent days, as traders fear that a prolonged spike in fuel prices could lead to another spike in inflation and hurt the economy.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
8 Mar. 2026
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Dickinson appeared somewhere between perturbed and seething.—
Phil Thompson,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Disturbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disturbed. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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