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Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : dis-kwahy-it |
Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈkwaɪ ɪt |
Definition of disquiet
Origin :- 1520s, from dis- + quiet. Related: Disquieted; disquieting. As a noun, from 1570s.
- noun worry; mental upset
- verb worry; make uneasy
- At the time, these new views and the tone of our talk helped to disquiet me.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- To keep silence during the telling deepens the disquiet curiously.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- But, somehow, to his disquiet Fyles now realized that there was no further encroachment.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- This disquiet, however, lingered about him, and would yield to nothing.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- The message was curt, and even cold, but it brought her no disquiet.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- Violet Granger was leagues away, and a touch of romance could not disquiet or hurt her.
- Extract from : « Half a Hero » by Anthony Hope
- Yet, conscious that he had said nothing that was wrong, he felt no disquiet.
- Extract from : « Warrior Gap » by Charles King
- There was no shadow of disquiet in the minds of any of them.
- Extract from : « Saint Bartholomew's Eve » by G. A. Henty
- Our quaint old city has been in a disquiet mood for several weeks.
- Extract from : « An Outcast » by F. Colburn Adams
- She looked at him, and read in his countenance the disquiet with which his soul laboured.
- Extract from : « The Home » by Fredrika Bremer
Synonyms for disquiet
- agitate
- ailment
- alarm
- angst
- annoy
- anxiety
- bother
- care
- concern
- concernment
- discompose
- disquietude
- distress
- disturb
- disturbance
- fear
- ferment
- fluster
- foreboding
- fret
- fretfulness
- harass
- incommode
- inquietude
- nervousness
- perplex
- perturb
- pester
- plague
- restiveness
- restlessness
- solicitude
- storm
- trouble
- turmoil
- uneasiness
- unhinge
- unrest
- unsettle
- upset
- vex
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