Definition of disturbed

• having the place or position changed; "the disturbed books and papers on her desk"; "disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed"
• afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her sons leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children"
• emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships