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Perturb Common

Perturb has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

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"

2

disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom

"The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion"

3

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"

4

throw into great confusion or disorder

"Fundamentalists threaten to perturb the social order"

5

To disturb; to bother or unsettle.

Example Sentences
"She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" verb
"The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion" verb
"The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet" verb
"Fundamentalists threaten to perturb the social order" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
disturb deviate disorder
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
worry
Rhyming Words
burb curb exurb courb blurb uncurb deturb refurb suburb ecoburb conturb disturb slumburb zoomburb boomburb roof curb well curb ethnoburb deperturb technoburb
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