disquiet

[ dis-kwahy-it ]

/ dɪsˈkwaɪ ɪt /

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noun

lack of calm, peace, or ease; anxiety; uneasiness.

verb (used with object)

to deprive of calmness, equanimity, or peace; disturb; make uneasy: The news disquieted him.

adjective

Archaic. uneasy; disquieted.

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Origin of disquiet

First recorded in 1520–30; dis-¹ + quiet in the sense “freedom from disturbance or tumult”

OTHER WORDS FROM disquiet

dis·qui·et·ed·ly, adverbdis·qui·et·ed·ness, noundis·qui·et·ly, adverbun·dis·qui·et·ed, adjective

Words nearby disquiet

dispute, disputed, disqualification, disqualify, disquantity, disquiet, disquieting, disquietude, disquisition, Disraeli, Disraeli, Benjamin

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How to use disquiet in a sentence

Yet these quick decisions are based more on disquiet than data.
What we know and don’t know about the omicron coronavirus variant|Erin Garcia de Jesús|December 1, 2021|Science News
Liang, still suffering the effects of a traumatic childhood back in China, thrashes violently in his sleep and trudges through his days in a fog of disquiet.
Simon Han’s ‘Nights When Nothing Happened’ is a poignant study of the immigrant experience|Ron Charles|November 30, 2020|Washington Post
Do both symptoms perhaps point to the same internal disquiet?
‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette,’ ‘The Black Rhinos of Namibia,’ ‘The Wives’|Nicholas Mancusi|August 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The show articulated a precise brand of feminine disquiet that my grad school friends and I could relate with.
The Carrie Bradshaws of Mumbai|Keshni Kashyap|February 25, 2009|DAILY BEAST

As they got lower and lower down the hill, her wretchedness and disquiet became acute, to the point of a wild despair.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
The disquiet indicated resembles rather that attending the uncertainties of the Nile campaign.
The Life of Nelson, Vol. I (of 2)|A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
Yet, conscious that he had said nothing that was wrong, he felt no disquiet.
Warrior Gap|Charles King
Do you ever sigh and disquiet your heart, Christian pilgrim, because God has not given you wealth and worldly ease?
Choice Readings for the Home Circle|Anonymous
Her gentleness touched him but caused him disquiet, too, because he could not help realizing that a great part of it was apathy.
The Rosie World|Parker Fillmore

British Dictionary definitions for disquiet

disquiet

/ (dɪsˈkwaɪət) /

noun

a feeling or condition of anxiety or uneasiness

verb

(tr) to make anxious or upset

adjective

archaic uneasy or anxious

Derived forms of disquiet

disquietedly or disquietly, adverbdisquietedness or disquietness, noundisquieting, adjectivedisquietingly, adverb

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