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| annoyance |
the feeling of being disturbed or irritated. [1/3 definitions] |
| bother |
to make puzzled, worried, or disturbed. [1/7 definitions] |
| collect |
to make (oneself) calm or prepared, esp. after being disturbed or disrupted. [1/8 definitions] |
| concerned |
troubled or disturbed. [1/2 definitions] |
| delirium |
a temporary state of mental disturbance sometimes caused by high fever, shock, or intoxication, and characterized by confusion, hallucinations, delusions, disturbed speech, and the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| demented |
mentally disturbed; mad; insane. [1/2 definitions] |
| disconcerted |
confused, uneasy, or disturbed. |
| distracted |
disturbed or agitated, as by worry. [1/2 definitions] |
| disturbance |
the condition of being disturbed. [1/5 definitions] |
| disturbing |
causing one to be disturbed; upsetting; unsettling. |
| imperturbable |
not easily excited or disturbed; calm. |
| inviolate |
not violated, broken, disturbed, or profaned; pure or intact. |
| overwrought |
disturbed by excessive worry or agitation. [1/3 definitions] |
| Roche limit |
the lowest altitude at which a natural satellite can form and orbit a planet or the like without being disturbed by gravitational forces. |
| sea squirt |
a sea animal that has a saclike body enclosed by a thick tunic and that squirts water when it is disturbed; ascidian. |
| seethe |
to be exceptionally excited or disturbed, as by anger. [1/4 definitions] |
| tremble |
to be deeply disturbed by fear or anxiety. [1/4 definitions] |
| troubled |
concerned and upset; disturbed. [1/2 definitions] |
| tumultuous |
greatly disturbed or confused, as the emotions. [1/2 definitions] |
| turbid |
in a state of confusion; muddled; disturbed. [1/3 definitions] |
| undisturbed |
combined form of disturbed. |
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