Magical are the straight lines in how they perturb the curved ones, aggravate their distortion and make them look more zigzagged, revealing their deceptive appearance.
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Perturb
//pəˈtɜːb//
Synonyms for "perturb" (187 found)
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Verb(26 words)
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20 translations across 10 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- խռովել verb ((transitive) to cause (something) to be physically disordered or disturbed)
Bulgarian
1 entries- смущавам verb ((transitive) to cause (something) to be physically disordered or disturbed)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 打擾 /打扰 verb ((transitive) to cause (something) to be physically disordered or disturbed)
Dutch
1 entries- verstoren verb ((transitive) to cause (something) to be physically disordered or disturbed)
Finnish
4 entries- häiritä verb ((transitive) to cause (something) to be physically disordered or disturbed)
- häiritä verb ((transitive) of a celestial body: to modify the motion or orbit of (another celestial body) by exerting a gravitational force; to slightly modify (the motion of an object))
- häiritä verb ((transitive) to slightly modify (a set of equations or their solutions), producing deviations from a simple, easily solvable problem)
- häiritä verb ((transitive) to influence (a process or system) so that it deviates from its normal state)
Ido
2 entries- perturbar verb ((transitive) to cause (something) to be physically disordered or disturbed)
- perturbar verb ((transitive) of a celestial body: to modify the motion or orbit of (another celestial body) by exerting a gravitational force; to slightly modify (the motion of an object))
Irish
1 entries- buair verb ((transitive) to cause (something) to be physically disordered or disturbed)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- forurolige verb ((transitive) to cause (something) to be physically disordered or disturbed)
- gjøre forstyrret verb ((transitive) to cause (something) to be physically disordered or disturbed)
- ryste verb ((transitive) to cause (something) to be physically disordered or disturbed)
- skake (opp) verb ((transitive) to cause (something) to be physically disordered or disturbed)
Persian
1 entries- ناراحت کردن verb ((transitive) to cause (something) to be physically disordered or disturbed)
Spanish
3 entries- conturbar verb ((transitive) to cause (something) to be physically disordered or disturbed)
- desatentar verb ((transitive) to cause (something) to be physically disordered or disturbed)
- perturbar verb ((transitive) to cause (something) to be physically disordered or disturbed)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Mary therefore the more knaue art thou I ſay / That perturbeſt the worde of god I ſay […]
Source: wiktionary
The Nobles ſtandyng by hearyng him thus ſpeake were greatly agreeued with him, notyng in him arrogancy and wilfulneſſe, in perturbyng and refuſyng ſuch an honeſt order of agreement: […]
Source: wiktionary
[T]he grounds and firſt inventions of Poeticall fables, […] vvere alſo taken up by hiſtoricall VVriters, perturbing the Chaldean and Ægyptian Records vvith fabulous additions, and confounding their names and ſtories, vvith their ovvne inventions.
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