perturbed

[ per-turbd ]

/ pərˈtɜrbd /

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Definition of perturbed

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.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of perturb.

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Origin of perturbed

perturb + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM perturbed

per·turb·ed·ly

[per-tur-bid-lee], /pərˈtɜr bɪd li/, adverbper·turb·ed·ness, nounun·per·turbed, adjective

Words nearby perturbed

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How to use perturbed in a sentence

Still, enthusiasts, emboldened by the early winter snowfalls in the region this year, aren’t perturbed.
Cross-Country Skiing Finds a New Home: the Industrial Midwest|Charu Kasturi|January 5, 2021|Ozy
Reeves was visibly perturbed when he saw the amount of British currency that McNally had recovered in Austria.
On the Trail of Nazi Counterfeiters|Dr. Kevin C. Ruffner|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The number of high-profile participants, and how they are choosing to participate, has perturbed one corner of the Internet.
#IceBucketChallenge Wisdom From 'Jackass' Steve-O|Kevin Zawacki|August 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That may be why few fans seemed outwardly perturbed by his Jew costume during the performance.
Macklemore, the Grammy Winning Rapper, Is a 9/11 Truther Who Likes to Play Anti-Semitic Dress-Up|Emily Shire, Marlow Stern|May 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Jessica Walsh asks her visibly perturbed pseudo-boyfriend and the co-creator of the newly viral blog, 40 Days of Dating.
Are the 40 Days Duo Really a Couple?|Abby Haglage|September 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Whereas Harman seemed perturbed by the disturbances, Olmert cynically delighted in being called a war criminal.
Olmert Heckled Again—This Time From the Left|Sigal Samuel|June 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He continued to walk the room from hour to hour, in perturbed meditation on all that he had seen and heard through the day.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
One day her father seemed much perturbed, and at last rode away in company with several men.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
Walter Fetherston grew much perturbed at the knowledge of this quarrel between the pair.
The Doctor of Pimlico|William Le Queux
They all went in; and no one ate a worse dinner in consequence of the perturbed state of their minds.
Digby Heathcote|W.H.G. Kingston
They were still a little perturbed by the brilliance and distraction, and it was as an alien that she moved among them still.
The Creators|May Sinclair