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verb
- 1. make (someone) anxious or unsettled: "they were perturbed by her capricious behaviour"
- 2. subject (a system, moving object, or process) to an influence tending to alter its normal or regular state or path: technical "nuclear weapons could be used to perturb the orbit of an asteroid"
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Oct 16, 2011 · 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. come back to bite someone idiom. disturb. dread. frighten someone/something away/off phrasal verb.
The meaning of PERTURB is to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet, unsettle. How to use perturb in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Perturb.
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.
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 perturb is to bug or bother someone by confusing them or throwing them off balance. You can try, but it's almost impossible to perturb the guards outside Buckingham Palace.
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.
verb (tr; often passive) 1. to disturb the composure of; trouble. 2. to throw into disorder. 3. physics, astronomy. to cause (a planet, electron, etc) to undergo a perturbation. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
