Perturb

Quick meaning: Perturb is a verb meaning To cause (something) to be physically disordered or disturbed; to cause confusion.

Meaning

To cause (something) to be physically disordered or disturbed; to cause confusion.

More Meanings

1. To disturb (someone, their mind, etc.) mentally; to bother, trouble, upset.
2. To influence (a process or system) so that it deviates from its normal state.
3. (intransitive) To bother, to disturb, to trouble.
4. Of a celestial body: to modify the motion or orbit of (another celestial body) by exerting a gravitational force; hence (physics), to slightly modify (the motion of an object).
5. To slightly modify (a set of equations or their solutions), producing deviations from a simple, easily solvable problem, in order to find an approximate solution to a problem that is more difficult to solve or otherwise unsolvable.

Example Sentences

[T]hou perturbest my place; / Takest from me the country of my forefathers; […]

Mary therefore the more knaue art thou I ſay / That perturbeſt the worde of god I ſay […]

He remembered how, […] his childish imagination was perturbed at a phenomenon, for which he could not account.

[I]t is very easy to abstain from this sin [the desire of money]. For here it is not any natural desire that perturbeth the mind, but it ariseth from wilful negligence.

Word Forms

• perturbs
• perturbing
• perturbed
• perturbest
• perturbedst
• perturbeth

Synonyms for perturb

Depending on context, synonyms include derange, disturb, unsettle, addle, baffle, lose.

Antonyms for perturb

Common opposites include besoothe, cheer, comfort, console, solace, soothe.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include disquiet, trouble, cark, disorder, derange, distract.

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