perturbed
pronunciation
How to pronounce perturbed in British English:
UK [pə'tɜ:bd]
How to pronounce perturbed in American English:
US [pə'tɜbd]
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- Adjective:
- thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)
Word Origin
- perturbed (adj.)
- 1510s, past participle adjective from perturb (v.).
Example
- 1. But it is the banks that are most perturbed .
- 2. Wednesday is the final day of the experiment and I am vaguely perturbed .
- 3. Robust control of singularly perturbed discrete systems .
- 4. Mother was much perturbed by my illness .
- 5. If the system is perturbed by some force and pushed in a new direction , it usually moves back toward equilibrium quickly .