perturbed
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.
the simple past tense and past participle of perturb.
Origin of perturbed
1Other words from perturbed
- per·turb·ed·ly [per-tur-bid-lee], /pərˈtɜr bɪd li/, adverb
- per·turb·ed·ness, noun
- un·per·turbed, adjective
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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 | OzyReeves was visibly perturbed when he saw the amount of British currency that McNally had recovered in Austria.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTThat may be why few fans seemed outwardly perturbed by his Jew costume during the performance.
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Whereas Harman seemed perturbed by the disturbances, Olmert cynically delighted in being called a war criminal.
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 PorterOne day her father seemed much perturbed, and at last rode away in company with several men.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnWalter Fetherston grew much perturbed at the knowledge of this quarrel between the pair.
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le QueuxThey all went in; and no one ate a worse dinner in consequence of the perturbed state of their minds.
Digby Heathcote | W.H.G. KingstonThey were still a little perturbed by the brilliance and distraction, and it was as an alien that she moved among them still.
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