Antonyms for perturbing
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : per-turb |
| Phonetic Transcription : pərˈtɜrb |
Definition of perturbing
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.
- adj disturbing
- The great box-plants, the great box-plants with their acrid, perturbing perfume!
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- Does the perturbing problem of an end occur to its dense brain?
- Extract from : « The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles » by Jean Henri Fabre
- The period was easily allowed to be not exact, because of perturbing planets.
- Extract from : « Pioneers of Science » by Oliver Lodge
- So the perturbing power of such a mass on distant bodies is imperceptible.
- Extract from : « Pioneers of Science » by Oliver Lodge
- Superficially, her beauty of irregularity was of all beauty the most perturbing and provocative.
- Extract from : « Angel Island » by Inez Haynes Gillmore
- The slight electric current required has no perturbing effect on the clock.
- Extract from : « Inventors at Work » by George Iles
- Julie's strange, perturbing presentiments were suddenly realized.
- Extract from : « A Woman of Thirty » by Honore de Balzac
- But perturbing things were happening, within her and around her.
- Extract from : « A Mummer's Tale » by Anatole France
- The perturbing influence of recent immigration must vex American life for many decades.
- Extract from : « The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy » by Theodore Lothrop Stoddard
- He treated the water, rotating with the earth once a day, somewhat as if it were a satellite acted on by perturbing forces.
- Extract from : « Pioneers of Science » by Oliver Lodge
Synonyms for perturbing
- aggravating
- agitating
- alarming
- annoying
- bothersome
- burdensome
- consequential
- creepy
- depressing
- difficult
- disagreeable
- discomforting
- discommoding
- discomposing
- disconcerting
- discouraging
- dismaying
- disquieting
- disruptive
- distressful
- distressing
- embarrassing
- foreboding
- frightening
- gloomy
- harassing
- hard
- impeding
- inconvenient
- intrusive
- irksome
- irritating
- laborious
- ominous
- onerous
- painful
- perplexing
- pessimistic
- prophetic
- provoking
- severe
- sinister
- startling
- threatening
- tiresome
- toilsome
- troublesome
- troubling
- troublous
- trying
- uncertain
- unpleasant
- unsettling
- upsetting
- vexing
- wearisome
- worrisome
- worrying
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