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Serene vs Disturbed - What's the difference?

serene | disturbed |

As verbs the difference between serene and disturbed

is that serene is while disturbed is (disturb).

As an adjective disturbed is

showing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis.

serene

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) .

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Peaceful, calm, unruffled.
  • *
  • Serene , smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
  • Without worry or anxiety; unaffected by disturbance.
  • (lb) fair and unclouded (as of the sky); clear; unobscured.
  • * (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
  • The moon serene in glory mounts the sky.
  • * (Thomas Gray) (1716-1771)
  • Full many a gem of purest ray serene / The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1818, author=(Mary Shelley), chapter=6
  • , title= Frankenstein , passage=A serene sky and verdant fields filled me with ecstasy.}}
  • Verb

    (seren)
  • To make serene.
  • Heaven and earth, as if contending, vie / To raise his being, and serene his soul. — Thomson.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (poetic) Serenity; clearness; calmness.
  • * Southey
  • the serene of heaven
  • * Young
  • To their master is denied / To share their sweet serene .
  • Evening air; night chill.
  • * Ben Jonson
  • Some serene blast me.

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) suffix.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fine rain from a cloudless sky after sunset.
  • Synonyms
    *

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary. serein n. 1. ----

    disturbed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Showing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis.
  • Extremely surprised; shocked.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (disturb)