Synonyms of perturbed

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adjective

pər-ˈtərbd 

as in worried

feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty

a perturbed look betrayed her nervousness at her first job interview

Synonyms & Similar Words

• worried
• upset
• nervous
• anxious
• troubled
• uneasy
• apprehensive
• disturbed
• concerned
• bothered
• uptight
• flustered
• jittery
• ill at ease
• tense
• insecure
• jumpy
• hesitant
• distraught
• on tenterhooks
• on edge
• on pins and needles
• queasy
• obsessed
• preoccupied
• freaked
• antsy
• dithery
• goosey
• queazy
• unquiet
• aggrieved
• restless
• nervy
• distressed
• edgy
• het up
• hinky
• disquieted
• vexed
• aflutter
• atwitter
• fretful
• shook-up
• keyed up
• hung up
• foreboding
• fretting
• unnerved
• freaked-out
• fidgety
• high-strung
• unstrung
• misgiving
• undone
• qualmish
• fluttery
• stewing
• flighty
• spooky
• twittered
• qualmy
• skittish
• hypertense

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collected
• calm
• easy
• relaxed
• cool
• nerveless
• confident
• sure
• controlled
• happy-go-lucky
• self-assured
• self-confident
• self-controlled

perturbed

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verb

past tense of perturb

as in disturbed

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy

the caller's strange remark perturbed me enough to keep me awake that night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disturbed
• alarmed
• bothered
• distracted
• concerned
• worried
• agitated
• unsettled
• angered
• upset
• annoyed
• distressed
• plagued
• haunted
• disquieted
• dismayed
• irritated
• discomforted
• discomposed
• unhinged
• confused
• frazzled
• derailed
• flurried
• embarrassed
• rattled
• exercised
• distempered
• weirded out
• fussed
• exasperated
• freaked (out)
• ailed
• aggravated
• bugged
• irked
• undid
• harassed
• vexed
• peeved
• nettled
• pestered
• alarumed
• discouraged
• flustered
• riled
• harried
• disconcerted
• hagrode
• chivvied
• nonplussed
• piqued
• galled
• mortified
• fretted
• bedeviled
• nonplused
• chafed
• confounded
• put off
• fazed
• discomfited
• disheartened
• abashed
• put out
• unnerved
• grated
• jarred
• chivied
• got
• dispirited
• daunted
• discountenanced
• demoralized
• vext
• shook up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• composed
• calmed
• quieted
• soothed
• settled
• alleviated
• allayed
• assuaged
• tranquilized
• tranquillized
• mollified
• pacified
• placated
• appeased
• propitiated
• conciliated