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adjective
- 1. causing anxiety or concern; unsettling: "his whereabouts remain a perturbing mystery"
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PERTURBING definition: 1. present participle of perturb 2. to worry someone: . Learn more.
The meaning of PERTURBING is causing worry, upset, or concern : unsettling. How to use perturbing in a sentence.
PERTURBING meaning: 1. present participle of perturb 2. to worry someone: . Learn more.
1. : to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet, unsettle. Half way down the next flight, she smiled to think that a char-woman's stare should so perturb her. Edith Wharton. The crowd didn't seem to perturb them in the slightest … Nick Hornby. 2. : to throw into confusion : disorder. perturbing the social order. 3.
frighten someone/something away/off. get/go beyond a joke idiom. give someone the jimjams idiom. give someone the jitters idiom. oppressive. rattle. roost. stressfully. suspensefully. suspensive. swatting. See more results » (Definition of perturb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
adjective. causing distress or worry or anxiety. “a revelation that was most perturbing ”. synonyms: distressful, distressing, disturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying. heavy. marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness.
1. To disturb or confuse; make uneasy or anxious: I was perturbed by his off-color remarks. 2. a. To cause (a system) to become altered or imbalanced from a normal state: volcanic eruptions that perturbed the climate. b. Physics & Astronomy To cause perturbation in (the orbit of a celestial body, for example) by gravitational interaction.
to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate: I can see how such a massive change in your routine would perturb you. Synonyms: worry, trouble. Antonyms: pacify. to throw into great disorder: Huge construction projects can take years to finish, and meanwhile, can greatly perturb the neighborhood. Synonyms: muddle, disarrange, confuse.
verb. disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed. “She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill” synonyms: cark, disorder, disquiet, distract, trouble, unhinge. see more. verb. throw into great confusion or disorder. synonyms: derange, throw out of kilter. see more. verb.
verb. /pəˈtɜːb/ /pərˈtɜːrb/ (formal) Verb Forms. perturb somebody to make somebody worried or anxious synonym alarm. Her sudden appearance did not seem to perturb him in the least. I was perturbed by his lack of interest. Word Origin. Want to learn more?
