perturbed

CEFRB2

/pəˈrtɜrbd/

adjective · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Worried, upset, or disturbed.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Disturbed; flustered.

Examples

  • She looked perturbed by the news of the sudden meeting cancellation.

  • Yanni is perturbed about Skura's lesbian relationship with Nuja.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
2

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Slightly modified.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. simple past and past participle of perturb

More examples

In context

  • Sami is perturbed about that.

  • The equation x² − 3.0001x + 2 = 0 is a perturbed version of x² − 3x + 2 = 0.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The mother felt blank when her son did not come home by midnight.

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