perturbing
per tur bing
- v disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
- v disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom
- v cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull
- v throw into great confusion or disorder
- s causing distress or worry or anxiety
a revelation that was most perturbing
- Especially perturbing to Jews is a clause on Pope Pius XII, who is up for sainthood but whose failure through the war to denounce the Nazis, say his critics, may have cost millions .
- In her sophomore year, though, she started wearing a head scarf, puzzling her American friends and perturbing her liberal relatives.
- The truth, when it came out, was much less perturbing but more picturesque.