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Skittish vs Disturbed - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between skittish and disturbed

is that skittish is easily scared or startled; timid while disturbed is showing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis.

As a verb disturbed is

past tense of disturb.

skittish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Easily scared or startled; timid.
    • The cat likes people he knows, but he is skittish around strangers.
  • wanton; changeable; fickle
    • Skittish Fortune's hall. — Shakespeare.

    Synonyms

    * spookish * jumpy * squirrelly

    Derived terms

    * skittishly * skittishness

    See also

    * startle

    disturbed

    English

    Adjective

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

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (disturb)