Home / P / perturb

perturb

verb /pɜrtərb/ 2 syllables 7 letters Scrabble 11 WWF 14
Definitions
verb

throw into great confusion or disorder

“Fundamentalists threaten to perturb the social order”

verb

disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed

“She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill”

verb

cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull

“The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet”

verb

disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom

“The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion”

Want another word?
Spin the dictionary for a fresh one.
Generate a word →