All 3 Uses of
perturb
in
The House of Mirth
- Half way down the next flight, she smiled to think that a char-woman's stare should so perturb her.†
Chpt 1.1
- She had known that Mr. Percy Gryce was to be at Bellomont, but she had not counted on the luck of having him to herself in the train; and the fact banished all perturbing thoughts of Mr. Rosedale.†
Chpt 1.2
- His seat faced toward the door, and she guessed that he had been perturbed by the approach of an acquaintance; a fact confirmed by the turning of heads and general sense of commotion which her own entrance into a railway-carriage was apt to produce.†
Chpt 1.2 *
Definition:
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(perturb as in: she was perturbed) to disturb in mind or make uneasy