- perturbation
- n1. disturbing, discomposing, ruffling, Inf. shaking up, bothering, pestering, harassing, Sl. bugging, Sl. hassling, Sl. driving [s.o.] nuts or crazy or bananas; irritating, annoying, vexing, provoking, aggravating; getting on [s.o.'s] nerves, Chiefly U.S. riling, Inf. giving [s.o.] a pain, Inf. getting in [s.o.'s] hair.2. perturbment, disquiet, disquietude, unquietness, uneasiness, unease, inquietude, restlessness, unrest;-fretfulness, distress, worry, concern, alarm; anxiety, anguish, angst, fear, dread, trepidation, foreboding, consternation; nervousness, Sl. ants, Inf. butterflies, Inf. butterflies in one's stomach, Sl. heebie-jeebies, Sl. habdabs, Sl. creeps.3. confusion, perplexity, bewilderment, bafflement, mystification, Brit. Dial. swither; uncertainty, stupefaction, disorientation; disconcertion, discomposure, agitation, upset, unsettlement, turmoil, storm; frenzy, shock, delirium, hysteria; madness, derangement.4. nuisance, annoyance, vexation, interruption, pain, Sl. pain in the neck, Inf. headache, Sl. hassle, Sl. drag, Sl. bitch; inconvenience, imposition, irritant, bur, thorn in the side or flesh, pea in the shoe.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.