fretfulness, distress, worry, concern, alarm; anxiety, anguish, angst, fear, dread, trepidation, foreboding, consternation; nervousness, SI. ants, Inf. butterflies,
Inf. butterflies in one's stomach, SI. heebie-jeebies, SI. habdabs, SI. 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,
SI. pain in the neck, Inf. headache, SI. hassle, SI. drag,
SI. bitch; inconvenience, imposition, irritant, bur, thorn in the side or flesh, pea in the shoe. perturbed, adj. 1. disturbed, disquieted, discomposed, agitated, discountenanced, ruffled, flustered, flurried, distracted, disconcerted, unsettled, upset; anxious, distressed, worried, troubled, fretful, alarmed; shocked, jolted, jarred, staggered, rocked, rattled; nervous, SI. antsy, Inf. on pins and needles, on edge; fearful, horrified, horror-struck, overwrought; aroused, excited, suscitated, impassioned, stirred up, worked up, fired up.
2. angry, angered, nettled, galled, chafed, vexed, mad, maddened; annoyed, irritated, Chiefly U.S. riled, offended, affronted, put out; infuriated, enraged, furious, irate.
3. confused, addled, muddled, unbalanced, unsettled, confounded, perplexed, bewildered, baffled, taken aback, nonplused; uncomfortable, ill at ease, uneasy, queasy, Inf. fazed; unhinged, disorganized, ruffled, SI. shook up, SI. shook, Inf. discom-bobulated, flustered, Inf. in a dither, Inf. in a tizzy. perturbing, adj. 1. disturbing, Rare, perturbative, disquieting, discomposing, agitating, ruffling, distracting, disconcerting, nerve-racking, unsettling, upsetting, distressing, troubling, Inf discombobulating, shocking, jolting, jarring, staggering, U.S. dumfound-ing; rattling; fearful, fearsome, horrifying; arousing, exciting, suscitating, fomenting.
2. annoying, irritating, Chiefly U.S. riling, offending, offensive, affronting; nettling, galling, chafing, vexing, maddening; infuriating, enraging.
3. confusing, addling, muddling, unbalancing, unhinging, confounding, perplexing, bewildering, baffling. peruke, n. periwig, powdered wig, Georgian wig, wig; toupee, hairpiece, scratch, scratch wig, SI. rug. perusal, n. examination, inspection, survey, scrutiny, review, study, Inf. look-through, Inf. run-through; reading, scanning, conning. peruse, v. 1. read through, read cover to cover, read thoroughly, scrutinize; plunge into, wade through.
2. read, study, scan, look over, go over, run over, run through, run the eye over, pore or pore over, Brit. vet. pervade, v. permeate, saturate, diffuse, disseminate, honeycomb, spread throughout, extend throughout, fill, leave no void; penetrate, interpenetrate, inosculate, interosculate; osmose, blend, fuse, merge; percolate, filter through, seep through, soak through; imbue, infuse, suffuse, transfuse, infiltrate, impregnate, leaven. pervasion, n. permeation, saturation, diffusion, dissemination; penetration, interpenetration, inosculation, interosculation; imbuement, instillment, infusion, suffusion, transfusion, infiltration, impregnation; osmosis.