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# perturbed

adjective (perturbed; verb perturb, perturbs, perturbed, perturbing)

«perturbed» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Worried and unsettled, so that you cannot feel calm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perturbed/#m1)

### In the lessons

a mother or hero who is perturbed sees trouble coming

### Examples

- She was perturbed by the strange noise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perturbed/#x1)
- The children looked perturbed when the lights went out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perturbed/#x2)
- Mum was perturbed that we were late. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perturbed/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «perturbed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perturbed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«perturbed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/perturbed.html) on Mova free.