per|turb «puhr TURB», transitive verb.
1. to disturb greatly; make uneasy or troubled; upset: »
Teachers are always perturbed by low grades. Highly perturbed, he wondered what was coming next (Arnold Bennett).
SYNONYM(S): excite, trouble, distress.3. Astronomy. to cause perturbation in.
╂[< Latin perturbāre < per- thoroughly + turbāre to confuse < turba turmoil, disorder]
–per|turb´a|ble, adjective.
–per|turb´er, noun.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.