perturb
verb (used with object)
to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
perturbingly
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a word derived from
perturb.
Example Sentences
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—And, of course, the Russian doping scandal, all perturbingly encapsulated by the image of 15-year-old figure skater Kamila Valieva crying after her disastrous long program while her coach asked: “Why did you stop fighting?”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2022
It was there that CEO Avi Reichental addressed the press from between the telecelebrity and a ChefJet 3D printer that perturbingly rocked back and forth as it toiled away on another piece of candy.
From The Verge ● Jan. 8, 2015
The fortysomething man walking his poodles down Ocean Drive in the middle of the day, for instance, wearing just Nikes and a pair of perturbingly small Speedos as orange as his skin.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 25, 2011
For this is the avowed object of ghost-stories and such tales as deal with the dim unseen forces which occasionally and perturbingly make themselves manifest.
From A Blot on the Scutcheon by Mabel Winifred Knowles
"You have not changed, at least," Tiburce answered; and for the first time he smiled, a little perturbingly by reason of the change in him.
From The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages by James Branch Cabell
