perturb

/pɜr'tərb/ verb
7 letters2 syllables11 points in Scrabble®14 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS4
VERB
1

Throw into great confusion or disorder.

“Fundamentalists threaten to perturb the social order”

2

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”

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”

4

Disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom.

“The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion”

WORD FORMS
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Pig Latinerturbpay
Starts & ends withP … B
Syllablesper · turb
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