Disturbed vs. Disappointed — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Disturbed and Disappointed
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Disturbed
Unsettled, broken up, or altered in structure or function
Disturbed soil.
Disappointed
Sad or displeased because someone or something has failed to fulfil one's hopes or expectations
I'm disappointed in you, Mary
Thousands of disappointed customers were kept waiting
Disturbed
Being or resulting from being emotionally or mentally troubled
Taught disturbed children.
Sent disturbed messages.
Disappointed
Thwarted in hope, desire, or expectation.
Disturbed
Showing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis.
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Disappointed
Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.
After all his anticipation, the trip left him deeply disappointed.
Disturbed
Extremely alarmed; shocked.
Disappointed
Having had a marriage proposal rejected.
Disturbed
Simple past tense and past participle of disturb
Disappointed
Expressing or indicating disappointment.
A disappointed tone / face / silence
Disturbed
Having the place or position changed;
The disturbed books and papers on her desk
Disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed
Disappointed
Simple past tense and past participle of disappoint
Disturbed
Afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief;
Too upset to say anything
Spent many disquieted moments
Distressed about her son's leaving home
Lapsed into disturbed sleep
Worried parents
A worried frown
One last worried check of the sleeping children
Disappointed
Defeated of expectation or hope; balked; as, a disappointed person or hope.
Disturbed
Emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships
Disappointed
Unprepared; unequipped.
Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin,Unhouseled, disappointed, unaneled.
Disturbed
Lacking order or stability;
These unsettled times
Disappointed
Disappointingly unsuccessful;
Disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions
Their foiled attempt to capture Calais
Many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers
His best efforts were thwarted
Disturbed
Affected with madness or insanity;
A man who had gone mad
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