The Only Use of
perturb
in
The Great Gatsby
- Tom was evidently perturbed at Daisy's running around alone, for on the following Saturday night he came with her to Gatsby's party.
p. 104.0perturbed = disturbed
Definitions:
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(1)
(perturb as in: she was perturbed) to disturb in mind or make uneasy
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) in physics or astronomy: a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly