perturb
verb
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Sense 1 verb
disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
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Sense 2 verb
disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom
The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion
Types & categories
- deviate hypernym
Related & opposite
- disruption derivation
- perturbation derivation
- perturb verb group
Sense 3 verb
cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull
The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet
Types & categories
- deviate hypernym
Related & opposite
- perturbation derivation
- perturb verb group
Sense 4 verb
throw into great confusion or disorder
Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt
Types & categories
- disarray hypernym
Related & opposite
- disruption derivation
- upset derivation
- fluster derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | disquiet |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fluster |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | distraction |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | trouble |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | worry |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | disquiet |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | upset |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | trouble |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vex |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | disruption |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | perturbation |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | perturb |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | deviate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | perturbation |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | perturb |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | deviate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | disruption |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | upset |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fluster |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | disarray |