perturbed

[US]/pə'tə:bd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. feeling anxious or unsettled, past tense and past participle of the verb perturb.

Phrases & Collocations

feeling perturbed

slightly perturbed

deeply perturbed

Example Sentences

they were perturbed by her capricious behaviour.

Mother was much perturbed by my illness.

I am deeply perturbed by the alarming way the situation developing.

The first hyperpolarizability and molecular frontier orbit properties of barbituric acid derivatives are studied at HF/6-31G level by coupled perturbed Hartree-Fock (CPHF) method.

She was perturbed by the strange noise coming from the basement.

His constant lateness perturbed his colleagues.

The sudden change in plans perturbed everyone.

I was perturbed by the lack of communication from my supervisor.

The unresolved issue perturbed him for days.

The dark clouds perturbed the picnic-goers.

The cryptic message perturbed her.

His sudden disappearance perturbed his friends.

The eerie silence in the abandoned house perturbed the visitors.

The strange behavior of the new employee perturbed the team.

Real-world Examples

Bruce was not in the least perturbed.

Source: New Concept English (3)

The woman seems perturbed, the maid puckish; perhaps she already knows the news.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Even though the road was littered with boulders and pitted with holes, Bruce was not in the least perturbed.

Source: New Concept English. British Edition. Book Three (Translation)

Clarkson, understandably so, was perturbed by these photos being put out there for all the world to see.

Source: Biography of Famous Historical Figures

Hagrid didn't seem perturbed by Ron's slug problem, which Harry hastily explained as he lowered Ron into a chair.

Source: 2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

" Did he seem to you much perturbed" ?

Source: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: New Cases (Volume 1)

Sandip went away looking black. Amulya was greatly perturbed.

Source: Family and the World (Part 2)

The film's viewers may be perturbed by this attitude, but the animals aren't.

Source: The Economist Culture

Investors were perturbed by the amount of borrowing required to pay for the cuts, the biggest for half a century.

Source: The Economist - Weekly News Highlights

The next two adjectives are perturbed or bothered.

Source: Learn English with Uncle Bob.

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