ˌæpɹɪˈhɛnsɪv dɪˈstɹɛst dɪsˈtɜːbd ˈʌpsɛt ˈwʌɹid mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc apprehensive about her job not used to a city and worried about small things felt apprehensive about the consequences 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