'Perturb' definitions:
Definition of 'perturb'
(from WordNet)
verb
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" [syn: perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder]
verb
Disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom; "The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion"
verb
Cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull; "The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet"
verb
Throw into great confusion or disorder; "Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt" [syn: perturb, derange, throw out of kilter]
Definition of 'Perturb'
From: GCIDE
- Perturb \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. [1913 Webster]
- Ye that . . . perturb so my feast with crying. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To disorder; to confuse. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'perturb'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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