perturbed vs hot and bothered

perturbed and hot and bothered both are adjectives.

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

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

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

Other synonyms of perturbed include flustered, rattled.

perturbed (adjective)	hot and bothered (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)