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- DictionaryPer·turbed/pərˈtərbd/
adjective
- 1. feeling anxiety or concern; unsettled: "she didn't seem perturbed about the noises around her"
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
adjective. feeling or showing great concern or mental or emotional upset: The heaviness of his step and the perturbed expression on his face told us that the captain was not in the best of moods. greatly disordered or deranged: He keeps using the same nonsensical phrases and the same perturbed logic, with no sense of the context of the discussion.
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.
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.
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.
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.
perturbed. (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.
Definition of perturbed adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
