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- Dictionaryperturbed/pəˈtəːbd/
adjective
- 1. feeling anxiety or concern; unsettled: "she didn't seem perturbed about the noises around her"
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worried or troubled: Ms. McCurdy was too perturbed to pay attention. (Definition of perturbed from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of perturbed? Translations of perturbed. in Chinese (Traditional) 擔心的, 煩惱的, 心緒不寧的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 担心的, 烦恼的, 心绪不宁的… See more.
The meaning of PERTURBED is troubled in mind : feeling or showing agitation : bothered, upset. How to use perturbed in a sentence.
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)
Perturbed definition: feeling or showing great concern or mental or emotional upset. See examples of PERTURBED used in a sentence.
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.
Perturbed means flustered and confused. When you're perturbed, you're upset by something, and rattled enough by it to be thrown off your usual calmness into a state of confusion. In astronomy, perturbation is defined as "the effects on a large body when it is subjected to gravitational effects from more than one other large body." When a planet ...
adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE, ADJECTIVE that] If someone is perturbed by something, they are worried by it. [formal] He apparently was not perturbed by the prospect of a police officer coming to call. [+ by/at] She was really quite perturbed at the prospect.
Define perturbed. perturbed synonyms, perturbed pronunciation, perturbed translation, English dictionary definition of perturbed. tr.v. per·turbed , per·turb·ing , per·turbs 1. To disturb or confuse; make uneasy or anxious: I was perturbed by his off-color remarks.
Definition of perturbed adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
