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
An elderly hen, that has counted its brood seven times, on each occasion finding one or two missing, not more perturbed.
They wheel round, show fight, and there is volleying and bickering all day; the Saxon march getting ever more perturbed.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVII. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleHer mind seemed to be far more perturbed about her daughter than about the heathen rogues and their conspiracy.
The Moonstone | Wilkie CollinsHe was, in fact, in a far more perturbed and excited mood than even Maggie had had any idea of.
The Necromancers | Robert Hugh BensonThere was a pause during which Eddie became more perturbed and Mr. Cord settled back to his habitual calm.
The Beauty and the Bolshevist | Alice Duer Miller
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