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- Dictionaryperturb/pəˈtəːb/
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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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. come back to bite someone idiom. disturb. dread. frighten someone/something away/off.
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.
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.
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.
verb [ T ] formal us / pɚˈtɝːb / uk / pəˈtɜːb / Add to word list 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. come back to bite someone idiom. disturb. dread. frighten someone/something away/off.
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. Derived forms. perturbable (perˈturbable) adjective. perturbably (perˈturbably) adverb. perturbing (perˈturbing) adjective.
