Perturb
verb
To disturb or bother someone or something.
The sudden noise perturbed the sleeping dog.
Often appears as...
- perturbed by the noise
- further perturbed
verb
To make something less stable or effective.
Any change in the schedule will perturb the project.
Often appears as...
- perturb the balance
- perturb the project
verb
To change or influence something in an unwanted or negative way.
The pollutants can perturb the ecosystem.
Often appears as...
- perturb the ecosystem
- perturb the environment
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Disapproving
Technical, Academic
verb
To disturb or bother someone or something.
The sudden noise perturbed the sleeping dog.
Often appears as...
- perturbed by the noise
- further perturbed
verb
To make something less stable or effective.
Any change in the schedule will perturb the project.
Often appears as...
- perturb the balance
- perturb the project
verb
To change or influence something in an unwanted or negative way.
The pollutants can perturb the ecosystem.
Often appears as...
- perturb the ecosystem
- perturb the environment
Usage tips
Disapproving
Technical, Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
When 'perturb' is used, it suggests a mild to moderate level of disturbance, not an extreme one.
He was perturbed by the constant buzzing but managed to focus.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Effect
'Perturb' usually implies a temporary bother or disturbance, not a lasting problem.
The flashing lights briefly perturbed her, then she ignored them.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral to Negative
The connotation of 'perturb' is neutral to negative; it's seldom positive.
His indifferent attitude perturbed his concerned mother.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
When 'perturb' is used, it suggests a mild to moderate level of disturbance, not an extreme one.
He was perturbed by the constant buzzing but managed to focus.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Effect
'Perturb' usually implies a temporary bother or disturbance, not a lasting problem.
The flashing lights briefly perturbed her, then she ignored them.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral to Negative
The connotation of 'perturb' is neutral to negative; it's seldom positive.
His indifferent attitude perturbed his concerned mother.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
When 'perturb' is used, it suggests a mild to moderate level of disturbance, not an extreme one.
He was perturbed by the constant buzzing but managed to focus.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Effect
'Perturb' usually implies a temporary bother or disturbance, not a lasting problem.
The flashing lights briefly perturbed her, then she ignored them.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral to Negative
The connotation of 'perturb' is neutral to negative; it's seldom positive.
His indifferent attitude perturbed his concerned mother.
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Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
around with a couple of other old elephant bulls sort of learning the way of life also been put into their place and they can be they're probably the most cheeky at this age otherwise when they're in maths they will so pretty cheeky too we're very calm kourin eyes is very peaceful sighting he's not in a rush she's not perturbed by us at all he
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Safari Live - Day 69 PIPE...
perturbed by this whole thing with with the Lions starting to eat all of them as we see some warthogs there that have just been in the water so the antelope were very perturbed about them being eaten by all these lines so they went to the wise owl and I said to the wise owl we need a way of being able to defend ourselves
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Safari Live - Day 234 PIPE...
two vehicles she's absolutely fine with vehicles she's a little bit shy when mom's not around and but otherwise she's okay I've had many sightings we have seen her either with me personally or with other guides where she is quite fine she doesn't seem to be too sort of perturbed as long as you don't kind of
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Robert Full: The secrets...
using the same structures that they use to run, their legs. They can run upside down very rapidly on rods, branches and wires, and if you perturb one of those branches, they can do this. They can perform gymnastic maneuvers like no robot we have yet. And they have nearly unlimited
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How to tame your...
In our follow-up studies, we wanted to see what would happen, how could we perturb or diminish this effect. And our hunch was that if you put people in a very stressful environment, if you distract them with disturbing, negative images, images of suffering and violence --
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Robert Full: Engineering...
Now, why is this important to have this model? Because it's very interesting. When you take this model and you perturb it, you give it a push, as it bumps into something, it self-stabilizes, with no brain or no reflexes, just by the structure alone.
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The search for our solar...
when the Sun formed in a cocoon of hundreds of other stars, any one of those stars could have gotten just a little bit too close to Sedna and perturbed it onto the orbit that it has today. When that cluster of stars dissipated into the galaxy,
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Lessons from a solar...
the solar wind is sometimes affected by solar storms that I like to call "space hurricanes." When they arrive at planets, they can perturb the space environment, which in turn creates the northern or southern lights,
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Yuko Munakata: The...
is like trying to predict a hurricane from the flap of a butterfly's wings. Do you know the butterfly, the proverbial one, that flaps its wings in China, perturbing the atmosphere just enough to shift wind currents
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What's so sexy about...
which are a crowd of electrons. In the perfect world of plasma, there are no collisions and no friction to provide the stability like we are used to. But still, if you slightly perturb a plasma equilibrium,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
around with a couple of other old elephant bulls sort of learning the way of life also been put into their place and they can be they're probably the most cheeky at this age otherwise when they're in maths they will so pretty cheeky too we're very calm kourin eyes is very peaceful sighting he's not in a rush she's not perturbed by us at all he
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 69 PIPE...
perturbed by this whole thing with with the Lions starting to eat all of them as we see some warthogs there that have just been in the water so the antelope were very perturbed about them being eaten by all these lines so they went to the wise owl and I said to the wise owl we need a way of being able to defend ourselves
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 234 PIPE...
two vehicles she's absolutely fine with vehicles she's a little bit shy when mom's not around and but otherwise she's okay I've had many sightings we have seen her either with me personally or with other guides where she is quite fine she doesn't seem to be too sort of perturbed as long as you don't kind of
Video examples
Robert Full: The secrets...
using the same structures that they use to run, their legs. They can run upside down very rapidly on rods, branches and wires, and if you perturb one of those branches, they can do this. They can perform gymnastic maneuvers like no robot we have yet. And they have nearly unlimited
Video examples
How to tame your...
In our follow-up studies, we wanted to see what would happen, how could we perturb or diminish this effect. And our hunch was that if you put people in a very stressful environment, if you distract them with disturbing, negative images, images of suffering and violence --
Video examples
Robert Full: Engineering...
Now, why is this important to have this model? Because it's very interesting. When you take this model and you perturb it, you give it a push, as it bumps into something, it self-stabilizes, with no brain or no reflexes, just by the structure alone.
Video examples
The search for our solar...
when the Sun formed in a cocoon of hundreds of other stars, any one of those stars could have gotten just a little bit too close to Sedna and perturbed it onto the orbit that it has today. When that cluster of stars dissipated into the galaxy,
Video examples
Lessons from a solar...
the solar wind is sometimes affected by solar storms that I like to call "space hurricanes." When they arrive at planets, they can perturb the space environment, which in turn creates the northern or southern lights,
Video examples
Yuko Munakata: The...
is like trying to predict a hurricane from the flap of a butterfly's wings. Do you know the butterfly, the proverbial one, that flaps its wings in China, perturbing the atmosphere just enough to shift wind currents
Video examples
What's so sexy about...
which are a crowd of electrons. In the perfect world of plasma, there are no collisions and no friction to provide the stability like we are used to. But still, if you slightly perturb a plasma equilibrium,
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Quote examples
Alok Nath
Indian Actor
I am absolutely okay with jokes on me now, but initially, yes, I was perturbed ki why me? I am not a personality on whom jokes are made randomly. Later, I was like, if everyone is enjoying jokes on me, even I should laugh it off instead of opposing them.
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Walt Disney
American Businessman
We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbed world that the things we have in common far outnumber and outweigh those that divide us.
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Channing Tatum
American Actor
I sort of became infatuated with soldiers. I got to know some of them and got a little perturbed with Hollywood making a spectacle out of them and making them look like they have screwed up somehow.
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Siegfried Lenz
German Writer
Every story I write starts with a dilemma or a theme. Once I am convinced that this is the issue that is perturbing my thoughts, I start to look for characters capable of representing it.
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Leroy Hood
American Scientist
Each form of Alzheimer's disease should perturb different brain networks and so influence the concentration of different proteins that can be measured in the blood.
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N. R. Narayana Murthy
Indian Businessman
Hinduism has an enormous capacity to absorb from outside influences and accept it in a peaceful and steady manner without perturbing the system.
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Priyamani
Indian Actress
I'm always afraid to act when I don't know the language and it perturbs me during my dubbing sessions too.
Quote examples
Alok Nath
Indian Actor
I am absolutely okay with jokes on me now, but initially, yes, I was perturbed ki why me? I am not a personality on whom jokes are made randomly. Later, I was like, if everyone is enjoying jokes on me, even I should laugh it off instead of opposing them.
Quote examples
Walt Disney
American Businessman
We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbed world that the things we have in common far outnumber and outweigh those that divide us.
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Channing Tatum
American Actor
I sort of became infatuated with soldiers. I got to know some of them and got a little perturbed with Hollywood making a spectacle out of them and making them look like they have screwed up somehow.
Quote examples
Siegfried Lenz
German Writer
Every story I write starts with a dilemma or a theme. Once I am convinced that this is the issue that is perturbing my thoughts, I start to look for characters capable of representing it.
Quote examples
Leroy Hood
American Scientist
Each form of Alzheimer's disease should perturb different brain networks and so influence the concentration of different proteins that can be measured in the blood.
Quote examples
N. R. Narayana Murthy
Indian Businessman
Hinduism has an enormous capacity to absorb from outside influences and accept it in a peaceful and steady manner without perturbing the system.
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Priyamani
Indian Actress
I'm always afraid to act when I don't know the language and it perturbs me during my dubbing sessions too.
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