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Perturbed   /pərtˈərbd/   Listen
Perturbed

adjective
1.
Thrown into a state of agitated confusion; ('rattled' is an informal term).  Synonyms: flustered, hot and bothered, rattled.


Perturb

verb
1.
Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed.  Synonyms: cark, disorder, disquiet, distract, trouble, unhinge.
2.
Disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom.
3.
Cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull.
4.
Throw into great confusion or disorder.  Synonyms: derange, throw out of kilter.



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"Perturbed" Quotes from Famous Books



... about six, praying Mina's immediate presence at Blent. Something had happened, he explained, as they walked down. Cecily had had a letter—from somebody in London. No, not Harry. She must see Mina at once. That was all he knew, except that his daughter was perturbed and excited. His manner protested against the whole thing ...
— Tristram of Blent - An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House • Anthony Hope
... to hell," said the boy, with certainty; and they went downstairs together, the little mind of the girl being much perturbed because she was so wicked. What would mother say tomorrow if she ...
— The Ghost Ship • Richard Middleton
... to find a perfect man. If you find one without any faults, incapable of mistakes, never having guessed wrongly, his patience never having been perturbed, immaculate in speech, in temper, in habits, do not marry him. Why? Because you would enact a swindle. What would you do with a perfect man who are not perfect yourself? And how dare you hitch your imperfection fast on such supernatural excellence? ...
— The Wedding Ring - A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those - Contemplating Matrimony • T. De Witt Talmage
... matter-of-fact speech belied her—or so Daylight thought, looking at her perturbed feminineness, at the rounded lines of her figure, the breast that deeply rose and fell, and at the color that was now excited in ...
— Burning Daylight • Jack London
... deserved this great misery of thine, it had not come upon thee." This speech was more than the poor woman could bear. Then it was that she came to her husband, and amid tears and groans urged him to renounce God and die. Job, however, was not perturbed by her words, because he divined at once that Satan stood behind his wife, and seduced her to speak thus. Turning to the tempter, he said: "Why dost thou not meet me frankly? Give up thy underhand ways, thou wretch." Thereupon Satan appeared before Job, admitted that he had ...
— The Legends of the Jews Volume 1 • Louis Ginzberg


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