perturbing
adjective
[ pəˈtəːbɪŋ ]
• causing anxiety or concern; unsettling.
• "his whereabouts remain a perturbing mystery"
perturb
verb
• make (someone) anxious or unsettled.
• "they were perturbed by her capricious behaviour"
Similar:
worry,
upset,
unsettle,
disturb,
concern,
trouble,
make anxious,
make uneasy,
make fretful,
disquiet,
discompose,
disconcert,
discomfit,
unnerve,
alarm,
bother,
distress,
dismay,
gnaw at,
agitate,
fluster,
ruffle,
discountenance,
exercise,
rattle,
faze,
pother,
worried,
unsettled,
disturbed,
concerned,
troubled,
anxious,
ill at ease,
uneasy,
fretful,
disquieted,
disconcerted,
discomposed,
unnerved,
alarmed,
bothered,
distressed,
dismayed,
apprehensive,
nervous,
restless,
agitated,
flustered,
ruffled,
shaken,
flurried,
discountenanced,
uncomfortable,
twitchy,
rattled,
fazed,
discombobulated,
antsy,
unquiet,
• subject (a system, moving object, or process) to an influence tending to alter its normal or regular state or path.
• "nuclear weapons could be used to perturb the orbit of an asteroid"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French pertourber, from Latin perturbare, from per- ‘completely’ + turbare ‘disturb’.
