perturb

Verb

Meaning

To disturb; to agitate; to vex; to trouble; to disquiet.

To disorder; to confuse.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

disorder trouble distract disquiet derange unhinge cark madden miff alar vex faze plague disorient affect
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Antonyms

gladden content encourage settle console boost
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Hypernyms

disorder trouble upset deviate disturb disarray

Hyponyms

vex worry

Examples

Words perturb our powers of reason. The only safe words are our own. Emilio Massera

Let nothing perturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything. Teresa of Ávila

She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill Source: Internet

Fundamentalists threaten to perturb the social order Source: Internet

The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet Source: Internet

The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pertrochanteric pertsevite pertuisan perturbability perturbable perturbagen