🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

불안하게 하는

Pronunciation / Transliteration: buranhage haneun

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Perturbing/pərˈtɜːr.bɪŋ/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그 소식은 사람들을 불안하게 하는 면이 있었다."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Causing worry, anxiety, or unease; unsettling or disturbing.

    "The sudden drop in global markets had a perturbing effect on investors."
As verb
  1. 1

    Present participle of perturb; to cause a change in the normal state, normal functioning, or regular pathway of something.

    "Astronomers studied how passing comets were perturbing the orbit of the distant planet."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the late Middle English word 'perturben', originating from Old French 'pertourber' and further back from the Latin 'perturbare', meaning to disturb greatly or confuse. It combines the prefix 'per-' (thoroughly) with 'turbare' (to disturb, from turba meaning a crowd or tumult). Over time, the term shifted from physical disorder to include psychological anxiety and scientific deviation in systems.

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