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
Related formperturbation
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®11 points
Words With Friends®14 points
Double word22 points
Triple word33 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinerturbpay
Starts & ends withP … B
Syllablesper · turb
SYNONYMS & RELATED9
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