Synonyms for perturbed


Grammar : Adj
Spell : per-turb
Phonetic Transcription : pərˈtɜrb


Définition of perturbed

Origin :
  • 1510s, past participle adjective from perturb (v.).
  • adj troubled
  • adj angry
Example sentences :
  • By degrees the placid influence of her friend calmed her perturbed spirit.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Chip whispered the question in the ear of the perturbed Little Doctor.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • Julia wilted a little; but her sister, Mrs. Glynn, was not perturbed.
  • Extract from : « The Yates Pride » by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
  • Plainly, Evadna was secretly laughing at her perturbed interest in the matter.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • Nor had she fully relieved her mind, nor voiced all that perturbed her.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • He sat down to consider, listening to the silence of the forest and perturbed by it.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • And the red ones grinned with apoplectical faces which perturbed them.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • The perturbed Bailey stalked off, muttering, to the blacksmith's.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Perturbed as I was I couldn't resist making the obvious retort.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • And yet why had Coast been so perturbed at the mere mention of Ben Cameron's name?
  • Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs

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