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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term) [syn: flustered, hot and bothered, perturbed, rattled]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Perturbed Per*turbed", a. Agitated; disturbed; troubled. --Shak. -- Per*turb"ed*ly, adv.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If someone is perturbed by something, they are worried by it. (FORMAL) He apparently was not perturbed by the prospect of a policeman coming to call... = alarmed ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ by/at n, ADJ that

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Disturbed, disquieted, distressed, agitated, discomposed, excited, worried, vexed.

Moby Thesaurus

abashed, abroad, adrift, afflicted, agitated, all-overish, amiss, annoyed, anxious, anxioused up, apprehensive, askew, astray, at sea, awry, balled-up, beset, bewildered, bothered, cast down, chagrined, chaotic, chapfallen, clueless, cockeyed, concerned, confused, convulsed, deranged, disarranged, discomfited, discomforted, discomposed, disconcerted, dislocated, dismayed, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, disoriented, disquieted, distracted, distraught, distressed, disturbed, embarrassed, excited, fearful, feverish, fidgety, flurried, flustered, fluttered, foreboding, fussed, guessing, harassed, haywire, hung up, ill at ease, in a fix, in a jumble, in a maze, in a pickle, in a pother, in a pucker, in a scrape, in a stew, in a sweat, in a swivet, in a tizzy, in disorder, inconvenienced, irked, jittery, jumbled, jumpy, lost, mazed, misgiving, misplaced, mixed-up, mortified, nervous, nervy, off the track, on tenterhooks, on the fritz, out of countenance, out of gear, out of joint, out of kelter, out of kilter, out of order, out of place, out of tune, out of whack, overanxious, overapprehensive, perplexed, plagued, put to it, put-out, put-upon, puzzled, rattled, restless, roily, ruffled, shaken, shaken up, shook, shuffled, solicitous, sore beset, stirred up, strained, suspenseful, tense, troubled, troublous, turbid, turbulent, turned around, uncomfortable, uneasy, unpeaceful, unquiet, unsettled, upset, vexed, without a clue, worried, zealous