adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
mentally
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Back in London, what is available to mentally disturbed women who are treated in hospital?
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There is widespread agreement that there are many mentally disturbed people in prison who would be better off in hospital.
very
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Meanwhile G120 is facing the wrong way and H 131 is in very disturbed wind behind the whole fleet.
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These were very disturbed patients who perhaps do not fit into the group under discussion here.
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Heterosexuality can be more or less narcissistic, it can be very disturbed or not so.
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The second thing was all the teenage angst; very disturbed letters.
■ NOUN
behaviour
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Between the ages of 2 and 5 she had had episodes of disturbed behaviour during sleep.
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Discussion Patients admitted to casualty departments with acutely disturbed behaviour present a major diagnostic challenge.
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When she was thirteen years old she was already showing signs of disruptive, disturbed behaviour .
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In addition a 25 second burst of delta activity was seen that did not cause panic or disturbed behaviour .
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Seen in the context of a ten-year history of disturbed behaviour , these incidents could have been prevented.
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If there are no obvious reasons for the baby showing this disturbed behaviour , then the role of diet should be considered.
child
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The report said that disturbed children were more than twice as likely to become smokers as other youngsters.
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This group of disturbed children also had a greater persistence of bedwetting.
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Porter, a woman of integrity, now on her fourth marriage and deeply fond of both her disturbed children .
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The isolation or bunching together of such pupils only provides them with poor role models and intensive interaction with other disturbed children .
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It is sad that, as far as disturbed children are concerned, it is also becoming one of the most dangerous.
people
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I never realised there were so many disturbed people around.
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In the works of Bacon, Richier, de Kooning and Golub we see ugly and disturbed people .
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There is widespread agreement that there are many mentally disturbed people in prison who would be better off in hospital.
state
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The prison Governor says he was in a disturbed state .
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The reason given by the king was the disturbed state of the kingdom which prevented his attending to ecclesiastical business.
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The country remained in a disturbed state .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The defendant is mentally and emotionally disturbed .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Heterosexuality can be more or less narcissistic, it can be very disturbed or not so.
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I never realised there were so many disturbed people around.
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The hamster appears lifeless if disturbed , but returns to normal in about five minutes.
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The reason given by the king was the disturbed state of the kingdom which prevented his attending to ecclesiastical business.
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The starlings were disturbed , swirling around in S-shapes and parabolas and unexpected clusters.