hot and bothered vs perturbed

hot and bothered and perturbed both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hot and bothered	No	Yes	No	No
perturbed	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, hot and bothered and perturbed are synonyms defined as:

hot and bothered and perturbed: thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)

Other synonyms of hot and bothered include flustered, rattled.

hot and bothered (adjective)	perturbed (adjective)
thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)	thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)