Antonyms for perturb

Grammar : Verb

Spell : per-turb

Phonetic Transcription : pərˈtɜrb

Definition of perturb

Origin : late 14c., from Old French perturber "disturb, confuse" (14c.) and directly from Latin perturbare "to confuse, disorder, disturb," especially of states of the mind, from per- "through" (see per) + turbare "disturb, confuse," from turba "turmoil, crowd" (see turbid). Related: Perturbed; perturbing.

verb upset, unsettle

Example sentences :

“Do not perturb yourself, I beg of you,” she said in a sympathetic voice.
Extract from : « The Stretton Street Affair » by William Le Queux

The only consequence of their smallness is their inability to perturb others.
Extract from : « Pioneers of Science » by Oliver Lodge

What, then, are the things that oppress127 us and perturb us?
Extract from : « The Teaching of Epictetus » by Epictetus

Enmity, unpleasant and ominous as it may be, is not to perturb or move you.
Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Philippians » by Robert Rainy

But the flapping of feudal wings did not perturb this veteran hawk of the hills.
Extract from : « The Red Debt » by Everett MacDonald

Believe me, my dear, it grieves me to so 225 perturb you; but–er–love must have its way, you know.
Extract from : « Into the Primitive » by Robert Ames Bennet

And how, indeed, beyond all any, that stormy and perturb'd age!
Extract from : « Complete Prose Works » by Walt Whitman

The information did not perturb her, and her coolness was a challenge.
Extract from : « Smoke Bellew » by Jack London

They are perturbed by the sun, of course, but they also perturb each other, and Jupiter is far from spherical.
Extract from : « Pioneers of Science » by Oliver Lodge

They are themselves perturbed plentifully, but they perturb nothing; hence we learn that their mass is small.
Extract from : « Pioneers of Science » by Oliver Lodge

Synonyms for perturb

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