Word Definitions & Examples
verb
Sense 1
"Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 2
"She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
verb
Sense 3
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"
Type of:
deviate
Derived:
perturbation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 4
"The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion"
Type of:
deviate
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
96%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
22
Times Searched
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