US /pɚˈtɝb/ UK /pəˈtɜːb/
verb

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to make anxious or unsettled; to disturb a system slightly

    The strange noise seemed to perturb the otherwise calm dog.

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Derived forms perturbationperturbedperturbingperturbable
Related forms disturbturbulentturbid

Etymology

From Old French perturber, from Latin perturbare ('to confuse, disturb greatly'), from per- ('thoroughly') + turbare ('to disturb'), from turba ('crowd, commotion').

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