DISTURBED
ADJECTIVES
► AGEE ► AJEE disturbed, agitated, slightly deranged → 1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► ALL SHOOK UP disturbed; upset → 1958 US sl.
► FLARED mentally deranged or disturbed → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► FREAKED disturbed, unsettled, nervous → 1970 US sl.
► FUNKED disturbed, agitated, unsettled; seized by fear or panic → 1831
► FUNKED OUT disturbed, agitated, unsettled; seized by fear or panic → 1859
► HORKED disturbed; upset → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► NAILED emotionally disturbed → 1955 US students’ sl.
► PARANOID disturbed, frightened, worried → 1960s sl.
► SHOOK UP disturbed; upset → 1897 Amer. sl.
► STRUNG OUT emotionally disturbed; psychologically tense and vulnerable → 1959 US sl.
► TREPIDATE disturbed, agitated → 1605 obs.
► TROUBLY disturbed, worried, stressed; marked by disturbance or confusion → c1380 obs.
► TURBID mentally confused, perplexed, muddled; disturbed, troubled → 1647
► TURMOILOUS disturbed, full of turmoil or tumult; troublesome → 1553 obs.
► TURMOILY full of turmoil or tumult; disturbed, troubled → 1877
NOUNS
► TEW a disturbed state; a state of anxiety, nervous excitement, confusion, or impatience→ 1864 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► LOOPER a disturbed, crazy person → 1980s sl.
VERBS
► PRESS SOMEONE’S BUTTONS to make another disturbed or angry → 1936 Amer. sl.
► TAKE ON ONESELF to become disturbed or distressed in mind → 1631 obs.
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