SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
perturbed
adjective
Troubled or unsettled.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Troubled or unsettled
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Usage distinction
Return to topPerturbed can describe concern without overt confusion; flustered and rattled more strongly suggest loss of composure.
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See perturbed in use
The curator was perturbed by the unexplained gap in the inventory.
The perturbed editor pauses publication after noticing that the page would confuse readers already trying to understand an attribution problem.
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