Perturb

/pəˈtɜːb/

Synonyms for "perturb" (227 found)

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Closest matches (46)

Verb(12 words)

trouble agitate agitates alarm alter anguishes annoy bother cark change complicate concern

abash abrade addleaddle the witsaffect afflict aggravate agitate ail alarm annoyball upbe the matterbeatbeat upbecloud bedazzle befuddle beset bewilder

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bother bug burden churnchurn upcloudcomplicate mattersconcern confuse

Adjective(1 words)

agitated

Noun(4 words)

alarms botheringcause of unbalancechaoses

Strong matches (68)

convulse daze dazzle demoralize disarrange discombobulate discomfit discomfort discommode discompose disconcert dishevel dismay disorder disorganize disorient disquiet distract distress disturb

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electrify embarrass embroil entangle excite exercise ferment flummox

Verb(23 words)

derange deranges disarranges discombobulates discomforted discommoded discomposed discomposes disconcerts disorder disorients disquiet disquieted disquiets dissonate distract disturb disturbs embarrasses fazed

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fazes fazing flurried

Adjective(7 words)

deranged disarranged discombobulated disconcerteddisordered studydisoriented disquieting

Noun(10 words)

deranging disarranging disarray discomforting discomforts discommodes discomposing distresses disturbing dither

Related words (113)

flurry fluster flutter fog fret frighten fuddle fuss get harass harry inconvenience irk jar jolt jumbleknock galley-westload with caremaze mist

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mix upmoider muddle nettle paddle perplex perturbate plague pother provoke psychput output to itpuzzleraise hellrattle rile ripple rock roil roughen ruffle rumple shakeshake upshatter shock spook stagger startle stirstir upswirl throwthrow into confusiontorment trouble unnerve unsettle upset vex whipwhip upwhiskwork upworry

Noun(27 words)

flurrying flustering flusters frazzle fuzzes jangle jangling jarring jiggling jitter jittering jitters jostle musses nettlesnoise in dataoise pibit ruffles tousles

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troubles unbalancing upsets upsetting wobbles worries worrying

Adjective(5 words)

flustered troubled unbalanced unsettled unsettling

Verb(15 words)

frazzles fuzzified incommode maddens modify rankles rattled ruffledthrow out of kilterunhinge unnerve unnerved unsettle unsettles upset

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

11 entries

affect alter alteration deviate disarray disorder disturb influence modification trouble upset

More specific

5 entries

alarmnoise perturbationparameter perturbationunnerve unsettle

Collocations

6 entries

external perturbationinitial perturbationminor perturbationrandom perturbationsmall perturbationsystematic perturbation

Inflections

3 entries

perturbed perturbing perturbs

Derivations

4 entries

perturbable perturbation perturbatory perturbingly

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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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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Mary therefore the more knaue art thou I ſay / That perturbeſt the worde of god I ſay […]

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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: […]

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[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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