Synonyms for perturbed
- adjective
Most common
flustered excited hot and bothered discomposed disturbed agitated
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Flustered
2. Disturbed — disturbed; flustered
disturbed, agitated, worried, vexed, disquieted, uneasy, distressed, flurried, troubled
Definitions
- adj. 1
Disturbed; flustered.
- adj. 2
Slightly modified.
The equation x² − 3.0001x + 2 = 0 is a perturbed version of x² − 3x + 2 = 0.
Related words
- Word family
- perturbedness
Example sentences
- excited There were a lot of excited people in the stadium.
- flustered Tom got flustered while filling out the paperwork.
- disturbed Tom doesn't like being disturbed when he's eating.
- agitated She was agitated by the news of her lover's death.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| perturbed | steady | |
| excited | rising | |
| flustered | rising | |
| discomposed | rising | |
| disturbed | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- vexed1
- 6 letters
- uneasy3
- 7 letters
- excited3, worried2
- 8 letters
- troubled2, agitated4, flurried2
- 9 letters
- disturbed2, flustered2
- 10 letters
- distressed2, disquieted
- 11 letters
- discomposed
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (uneasy3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- perturbé
- Italiano
- perturbato