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disquiet

[ dis-kwahy-it ]

noun

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


verb (used with object)

  1. to deprive of calmness, equanimity, or peace; disturb; make uneasy:

    The news disquieted him.

adjective

  1. Archaic. uneasy; disquieted.

disquiet

/ ɪˈɲɪə /

noun

  1. a feeling or condition of anxiety or uneasiness
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to make anxious or upset
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. archaic.
    uneasy or anxious
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 徱ˈܾٱ, adverb
  • 徱ˈܾپԲ, adjective
  • 徱ˈܾپԲly, adverb
  • 徱ˈܾٱԱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 徱·ܾij·· adverb
  • 徱·ܾij··Ա noun
  • 徱·ܾij· adverb
  • ܲd·ܾij· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of disquiet1

First recorded in 1520–30; dis- 1 + quiet in the sense “freedom from disturbance or tumult”
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Pochettino quickly moved to quell any disquiet after Sunday's defeat, saying: 'I've seen some times that teams that were building to play in the World Cup, they were not good until around the World Cup.

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But does the disquiet within the party go deeper than he suggested?

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Ministers have already abandoned plans for a one-year freeze to PIP payments, after disquiet from MPs.

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Documents from Project Esther reveal a disquieting strategy.

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But Don Alfonso’s experiment ultimately illustrates the more radically disquieting truth to a misogynistic 18th century society for whom the opera was written: We are all like that.

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