"പ്രക്ഷുബ്ധം" എന്ന വാക്കിന്റെ നിഘണ്ടു അർത്ഥം ഉത്കണ്ഠയോ അസ്വസ്ഥതയോ അസ്വസ്ഥതയോ ആണ്, പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് വൈകാരികമായി. ആർക്കെങ്കിലും ഉത്കണ്ഠയോ അസ്വസ്ഥതയോ അസ്വസ്ഥതയോ തോന്നാൻ കാരണമാകുന്നു എന്നും ഇത് അർത്ഥമാക്കാം.
1. He was unafraid of his surroundings, plowing through tall fields of hay or dense forests without any idea where he was headed, not the least bit perturbed by bugs flying into his eyes or seeds up his nose.
2. Nor did he like it when the man-animals arose and went on with their march for a tiny man-animal took the other end of the stick and led Kiche captive behind him, and behind Kiche followed White Fang, greatly perturbed and worried by this new adventure he had entered upon.
3. He sat down to consider, listening to the silence of the forest and perturbed by it.
4. I was more than a little perturbed to learn that not all of the tunnels under the capital had been sealed properly.