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- a perturbed look betrayed her nervousness at her first job interview
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perturbed
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of perturbed (Entry 2 of 2)
- the caller's strange remark perturbed me enough to keep me awake that night
Synonyms for perturbed
- agitated,
- ailed,
- alarmed
- (also alarumed),
- bothered,
- concerned,
- derailed,
- discomforted,
- discomposed,
- dismayed,
- disquieted,
- distempered,
- distracted,
- distressed,
- disturbed,
- exercised,
- flurried,
- frazzled,
- freaked (out),
- fussed,
- hagrode,
- undid,
- unhinged,
- unsettled,
- upset,
- weirded out,
- worried
Words Related to perturbed
- aggravated,
- angered,
- annoyed,
- bugged,
- chafed,
- chivied
- (or chivvied),
- exasperated,
- fretted,
- galled,
- got,
- grated,
- harassed,
- harried,
- irked,
- irritated,
- nettled,
- peeved,
- pestered,
- piqued,
- put off,
- put out,
- riled,
- vexed
- (also vext)
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Antonyms for perturbed
- calmed,
- composed,
- quieted,
- settled,
- soothed,
- tranquilized
- (also tranquillized)
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“Perturbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perturbed. Accessed 16 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of perturbed was in 1538
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