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单词 perturbed
释义

perturbed

adjective

per·​turbed pər-ˈtərbd How to pronounce perturbed (audio)
: troubled in mind : feeling or showing agitation : bothered, upset
Never in his life had he been so perturbed, so horribly anxious. Frank Norris
The next 40 minutes were spent in a slow, long-distance waltz with the bear. He had spotted us, of course, and he climbed another 10 feet up the hill. He turned and chuffed once but didn't seem perturbed. Robert Sullivan

Synonyms

  • aflutter
  • antsy
  • anxious
  • atwitter
  • dithery
  • edgy
  • goosey
  • het up
  • hinky [slang]
  • hung up
  • ill at ease
  • insecure
  • jittery
  • jumpy
  • nervous
  • nervy
  • queasy
  • queazy
  • tense
  • troubled
  • uneasy
  • unquiet
  • upset
  • uptight
  • worried
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Word History

First Known Use

1538, in the meaning defined above

perturbed 1 of 2

adjective

as in worried
feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty a perturbed look betrayed her nervousness at her first job interview

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • worried
  • upset
  • nervous
  • anxious
  • troubled
  • uneasy
  • disturbed
  • apprehensive
  • concerned
  • flustered
  • uptight
  • bothered
  • jittery
  • distraught
  • insecure
  • tense
  • preoccupied
  • jumpy
  • on edge
  • freaked
  • hesitant
  • obsessed
  • queasy
  • aflutter
  • antsy
  • dithery
  • on tenterhooks
  • aggrieved
  • disquieted
  • restless
  • nervy
  • distressed
  • goosey
  • keyed up
  • vexed
  • queazy
  • hung up
  • unquiet
  • hinky
  • edgy
  • ill at ease
  • het up
  • atwitter
  • fretful
  • on pins and needles
  • unnerved
  • foreboding
  • fretting
  • freaked-out
  • misgiving
  • shook-up
  • fidgety
  • stewing
  • twittered
  • unstrung
  • undone
  • flighty
  • qualmish
  • fluttery
  • hypertense
  • high-strung
  • spooky
  • qualmy
  • skittish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • calm
  • relaxed
  • collected
  • nerveless
  • confident
  • cool
  • easy
  • controlled
  • sure
  • happy-go-lucky
  • self-assured
  • self-confident
  • self-controlled
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perturbed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of perturb
as in disturbed
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy the caller's strange remark perturbed me enough to keep me awake that night

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • disturbed
  • alarmed
  • distracted
  • bothered
  • concerned
  • worried
  • agitated
  • unsettled
  • angered
  • upset
  • annoyed
  • distressed
  • disquieted
  • irritated
  • dismayed
  • plagued
  • discomforted
  • discomposed
  • haunted
  • unhinged
  • confused
  • frazzled
  • embarrassed
  • derailed
  • flurried
  • rattled
  • exasperated
  • distempered
  • exercised
  • fussed
  • aggravated
  • irked
  • vexed
  • ailed
  • harassed
  • weirded out
  • peeved
  • disconcerted
  • nettled
  • flustered
  • pestered
  • discouraged
  • riled
  • undid
  • harried
  • nonplussed
  • hagrode
  • mortified
  • alarumed
  • bugged
  • freaked (out)
  • galled
  • fretted
  • piqued
  • discomfited
  • bedeviled
  • confounded
  • abashed
  • unnerved
  • fazed
  • disheartened
  • chafed
  • put off
  • got
  • chivvied
  • jarred
  • chivied
  • put out
  • dispirited
  • nonplused
  • grated
  • daunted
  • discountenanced
  • demoralized
  • shook up
  • vext

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • calmed
  • soothed
  • quieted
  • composed
  • settled
  • alleviated
  • mollified
  • assuaged
  • tranquillized
  • placated
  • tranquilized
  • allayed
  • pacified
  • appeased
  • propitiated
  • conciliated
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