perturb

perturb is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To disturb; to agitate; to vex; to trouble; to disquiet. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To disturb; to agitate; to vex; to trouble; to disquiet.
2. transitive verb. To disorder; to confuse.
3. verb. throw into great confusion or disorder

   "Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt"

   Synonyms: derange

4. 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"

   Synonyms: cark, disorder, disquiet, distract, trouble, unhinge

5. 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"

6. verb. disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom

   "The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion"

Synonyms

derange, cark, disorder, disquiet, distract, trouble, unhinge

Common word forms

perturbs, perturbed, perturber, perturbing, perturbable, perturbment

Words from these letters

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