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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.
to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet, unsettle; to throw into confusion : disorder; to cause to experience a perturbation… See the full definition
perturbed. adjective. formal uk / pəˈtɜːbd / us / pɚˈtɝːbd /. Add to word list. worried: He didn't seem unduly / overly perturbed by the news. Synonym. flustered. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
Perturbed definition: feeling or showing great concern or mental or emotional upset. See examples of PERTURBED used in a sentence.
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."
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 phrasal verb.
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.
Definition of perturbed adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of perturb verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
(pəʳtɜːʳbd ) 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.
