PERTURBED
flustered, hot and bothered, perturbed, rattled
(adjective) thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (ârattledâ is an informal term)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
perturbed
simple past tense and past participle of perturb
Adjective
perturbed (comparative more perturbed, superlative most perturbed)
Disturbed; flustered.
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• deperturb
Source: Wiktionary
Per*turbed", a.
Definition: Agitated; disturbed; troubled. Shak.
– Per*turb"ed*ly, adv.
PERTURB
Per*turb", v. t. Etym: [L. perturbare, perturbatum; per + turbare to
disturb, fr. turba a disorder: cf. OF. perturber. See Per-, and
Turbid.]
1. To disturb; to agitate; to vex; to trouble; to disquiet.
Ye that . . . perturb so my feast with crying. Chaucer.
2. To disorder; to confuse. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition