perturbed | SAT Word of the Day
Perturbed is a lot like disturbed, so it's easy to remember.
ℹ️ Part of speech of perturbed
perturbed is an ADJECTIVE (more common) or VERB (less common).
🗣️ Pronunciation of perturbed
perturbed is pronounced /pər.ˈtɜrbd/ or per-TURBD.
📚️ Definition of perturbed
adjective: Anxious, worried, or upset as a result of being disturbed or unsettled; thrown into a state of agitated confusion. Example: perturbed by the unexpected news.
verb: Caused to become anxious, worried, or upset.
📰 Examples
Here are some examples of perturbed in usage:
In The Great Gatsby, narrator Nick Carraway grows increasingly perturbed by the moral emptiness he observes in the wealthy social circles of East Egg.
The protagonist in Kafka's The Metamorphosis remains strangely less perturbed by his transformation into a giant cockroach than by the mundane concerns of how to navigate human life as a bug.
I felt perturbed when I saw Bubba wipe his dirty hands on his pants right before our family dinner.