Perturbation (noun)
per-ter-bay-shun
Mental disquiet, disturbance, or agitation.
1325–75; from Latin perturbātiōn- (stem of perturbātiō; see perturb, -ation); replacing Middle English perturbacioun from Anglo-French from Latin, as above
Example sentences
“He was a source of constant perturbation.”
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