(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ someone, you interrupt what they are doing and upset them.
I hope I’m not ~ing you.
VERB: V n
2.
If something ~s you, it makes you feel upset or worried.
I dream about him, dreams so vivid that they ~ me for days...
= perturb
VERB: V n
3.
If something is ~ed, its position or shape is changed.
He’d placed his notes in the brown envelope. They hadn’t been ~ed...
She patted Mona, taking care not to ~ her costume.
VERB: be V-ed, V n
4.
If something ~s a situation or atmosphere, it spoils it or causes trouble.
What could possibly ~ such tranquility?
VERB: V n