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- Dictionaryper·turbed/pərˈtərbd/
adjective
- 1. feeling anxiety or concern; unsettled: "she didn't seem perturbed about the noises around her"
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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.
Perturbed definition: feeling or showing great concern or mental or emotional upset. See examples of PERTURBED used in a sentence.
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.
PERTURB | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary. Meaning of perturb in English. perturb. verb [ T ] formal uk / pəˈtɜːb / us / pɚˈtɝːb / Add to word list. to worry someone: News of the arrest perturbed her greatly. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Causing anxiety and worry. alarmingly. bite. catch up with someone.
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."
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 or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom. “The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion” see more. verb. cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull.
verb. Simple past tense and past participle of perturb. He is perturbed. Wiktionary. Synonyms: agitated. flurried. bothered. discomposed. distracted. rocked. ruffled. shaken. tossed. rattled. disturbed. unsettled. upset. disquieted. flustered. Antonyms: reassured. pleased. calmed. soothed. adjective. Disturbed; flustered. Wiktionary. Synonyms:
perturbed. adjective. /pəˈtɜːbd/ /pərˈtɜːrbd/ (formal) worried or anxious synonym alarmed. a perturbed young man. perturbed at/about something She didn't seem perturbed at the change of plan. opposite unperturbed. Want to learn more?
