Meaning of PERTURB
| Pronunciation: | | pur'turb
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- [v] throw into great confusion or disorder; "Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt"
- [v] disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"
- [v] cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, esp. as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull; "The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet"
- [v] disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom; "The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion"
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| | Synonyms: | | cark, derange, disorder, disquiet, distract, throw out of kilter, trouble, unhinge |
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| | See Also: | | deviate, disarray, disorder, disturb, upset, vex, worry | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Per*turb"\, v. t. [L. perturbare, perturbatum; per +
turbare to disturb, fr. turba a disorder: cf. OF. perturber.
See {Per-}, and {Turbid}.]
1. To disturb; to agitate; to vex; to trouble; to disquiet.
Ye that . . . perturb so my feast with crying.
--Chaucer.
2. To disorder; to confuse. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
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| | Related Terms: | | abash, addle, addle the wits, afflict, agitate, ail, alarm, ball up, be the matter, beat, beat up, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, beset, bewilder, bother, bug, burden, churn, churn up, cloud, complicate matters, concern, confuse, convulse, daze, dazzle, disarrange, discombobulate, discomfit, discomfort, discommode, discompose, disconcert, dishevel, dismay, disorder, disorganize, disorient, disquiet, distract, distress, disturb, electrify, embarrass, embroil, entangle, excite, ferment, flummox, flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, fret, fuddle, fuss, harass, inconvenience, irk, jar, jolt, jumble, knock galley-west, load with care, maze, mist, mix up, moider, muddle, paddle, perplex, perturbate, plague, pother, psych, put out, put to it, puzzle, raise hell, rattle, rile, ripple, rock, roil, roughen, ruffle, rumple, shake, shake up, shock, spook, stagger, stir, stir up, swirl, throw, throw into confusion, torment, trouble, unnerve, unsettle, upset, vex, whip, whip up, whisk, work up, worry |
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